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Here it is explained 11 years ago.
This is one of the best articles explaining US Foreign policy I have ever come across.
It is more timely than ever.
It explains why, for example, it was a big deal to announce that Cinnabon (...) was the first corporation to establish itself in the "New Libya". As if Libyans couldn't wait for cinnamon rolls.
Backing up Globalization with Military Might
by Karen Talbot Covert Action Quarterly, Issue 68, Fall 1999
http://www.globalissues.org/article/448/backing-up-globalization-with-military-might#McDonaldsNeedsMcDonnellDouglastoFlourish
McDonald's Needs McDonnell Douglas to Flourish
An article by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times entitled "What the World Needs Now" tells it all. Illustrated by an American Flag on a fist it said, among other things: "For globalism to work, America can't be afraid to act like the almighty superpower that it is....The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist-McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps...(Much Much More...)
It is a long, detailed article that few have bothered to read.
But if you read it you will understand more than 96% of the people in the United States about what is actually happening with these invasions.
PNAC Lives!
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Cinnabon has many international franchise operations, and its largest branch outside the United States and Canada is in Stars Centre in Cairo.
The restaurant is noted for being the first U.S franchise to open in Libya after the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011."