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In reply to the discussion: Not good: REPORT: RUSSIA, CHINA CRACK SNOWDEN DOCS [View all]JonLP24
(29,929 posts)To be clear US foreign policy from the 20th century to today has always been multinational greed. Banks & oil and gas mostly, that was our Latin America, Africa, or Asia was getting rid of the populists who want to do things like kick BP out and improve the quality of life for the people so we ally with the right-wing militias or "freedom fighters". Make up some BS excuse and go in there and fight for the wrong side.
I'm far from a fan of the USSR but my bigger problems with them had to do with their domestic policies but this troubles far more though probably couldn't be considered a "traitor" for it though not so much India (economic ally of China and Russia)
In 2008, Koch Industries discovered that the French affiliate Koch-Glitsch had violated bribery laws allegedly securing contracts in Algeria, Egypt, India, Morocco, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia after an investigation by Ethics Compliance officer, Egorova-Farines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries
Saudi Arabia is who I'd consider the worst government in the world and people getting rich to spread Wahabbism. Britain too taking the wrong side of Ottoman-Wahabbi war though we didn't start taking the wrong side until the 20th century. Britain was ahead of us. In Yemen USSR was there on the right side of the Yemen 60s-90s civil war, USA was neutral in the 90s but Saudi Arabia sure the hell wasn't (They hate communists too because they're practically libertarians as far as business is concerned).