american foreign policy is bullshit

america repeatedly interferes in the affairs of other countries for no good reason, yet when there is a good reason - to prevent a war or mass killings - it does nothing. this behaviour is increasing hatred towards the american government and losing respect for the american people.

there are many reasons given by the american government for its actions - but they are always inconsistent and contradictory when examined more closely:

democracy - china, saudi arabia, egypt and the united arab emirates are much less democratic than iran - yet they are strong allies with the americans and never criticized to the same extent as iran for their lack of democracy.

when the palestinian people democratically elected their own government, america was quick to label it a terrorist organization. members of the palestinian cabinet were even abducted by the israeli military and this was never condemned by america. in lebanon some members of parliament are considered terrorists since america is incapable of seeing the difference between elected politicians and militia who attack civilians.

in 1953 iranians elected mohammad mossadegh as their prime minister. when he led parliament to nationalize the oil industry, the british and american governments plotted and successfully overthrew him in a coup. forty-seven years later madeleine albright admitted to the incident and expressed regret on behalf of the american government.


threatening behaviour - iraq started an eight year war with iran in the 1980s with american blessings but was not allowed to invade kuwait in 1990.

israel has attacked iraqi nuclear sites, repeatedly made incursions into palestinian areas - seizing and occupying territories it does not have rights to - and even attacked lebanon for no good reason.

america has attacked the philippines, panama, dominican republic, cuba, cambodia, vietnam, afghanistan and iraq in the last 110 years. it has also covertly toppled governments in guatemala, iran and nicaragua.

iran has not attacked another country in over 200 years - something that iranians can be proud of!


weapons - india, pakistan and israel refuse to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and all have nuclear weapons. they are never criticized for this.

america supplied iraq with chemical weapons during the war with iran. this resulted in the second-most civilian casualties from the use of "weapons of mass destruction" in human history - only surpassed by the nuclear bombing of japan. america remains the only country to use nuclear weapons against another country.


human rights - china and saudi arabia disregard human rights on a regular basis - yet they are not confronted about it due to their economic relationship with america.

the cia facilitated torture through the use of third parties in europe in order to gather intelligence. american soldiers have been found guilty of murder and rape against unarmed civilan families in iraq, torturing prisoners in abu ghraib prison and suspected of doing so in guantanamo bay prison. despite their guilt, these soldiers are not punished to the extent that civilians normally are - thus not creating an effective deterrent.

until six months ago the american military refused to allow prisoners to be protected under the geneva conventions - yet it demanded captured american soldiers be treated so.

after its failed attempt to help the people of somalia in 1993 the american government has declined to intervene or speak out against massacres of africans. presidential decision directive 25 was a reason used by the american government to withdraw support from the united nations peacekeeping effort in rwanda - partly because the mission did not support american national interests. two genocides - one in rwanda in 1994 and one in sudan since 2003 - have taken place with over one million people killed.


terrorism - historically most terrorist attacks against americans have been carried out by saudis, egyptians, lybians, jordanians and even americans - never iranians - yet iranian-born citizens are harassed more than any other nationality each time they travel to america.

the only major incidents in which americans and iranians had hostilities were at the american embassy in tehran - where all hostages were released after one year - and the shooting down of an iranian passenger airliner by an american warship - killing 290 civilians.

iran has been a victim of terrorism by the mojahedeen for over ten years.

after september eleventh iranians poured into the streets to denounce the terrorist attack against america and a large vigil was held in tehran. four months later george bush labeled iran an evil country. despite this, one year later an iranian government poll showed that 70 percent of iranians had a favourable view of the american people - higher than even in the united kingdom. the iranian people love americans and have a great respect for them.

american foreign policy should aim to make more friends - not enemies :)