US 'Foreign Policy' is Just Corporate Policy, Disguised
Let's follow the trail. The Financial Times invites inquiries about US foreign policy, from Iran to Ukraine. This isn't an exercise in democratic participation. It's a calculated maneuver to gauge public sentiment within a pre-approved narrative. The underlying assumption is America's right to dictate global affairs, despite a consistent track record of destabilization for profit. Consider the
case of the 2012 Iran Freedom and Support Act, which specifically allocated funds for 'promoting democracy' and 'punishing' the Iranian establishment. This wasn't about benevolent intervention. It was about sustaining a geopolitical stranglehold on a nation that dared to challenge Western hegemony. The US, of course, casts itself as the global arbiter of peace and freedom. Yet, its foreign policy
budget dwarfs that of any other nation, with an estimated $886 billion for defense in 2023. A significant portion of this goes not into peace-building, but into an expansive network of military bases and arms sales, enriching defense contractors and their lobbyists. The narrative of 'containing' Iran or 'supporting democracy' in Ukraine serves as a convenient smokescreen for the relentless pursuit
of corporate interests and strategic resource control. It's a pattern repeated across decades, from the destabilization of resource-rich nations in Africa to regime change operations in Latin America. We saw this starkly in 1954, when the CIA orchestrated a coup in Guatemala, overthrowing democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. His 'crime?' Attempting land reform that threatened the