Back to the original point in the video.
The problem is being friendly to Governments is far less profitable than fighting them.
One of the things that the US still leads the world in is the production of military arms manufacture. So to keep this business thriving the US needs wars.
Being friendly to Bin Laden after he and the Mujaheddin had kicked out the Russians would of cost a few billion. not the trillions it has cost to fight a pointless and useless war.
Well the war in Iraq was such a success.
Iraq news.
Yes Saddam was an evil man. But if the US needs that as an excuse, it would never not be fighting wars. Whoops, it seems they never have
not been in some war somewhere in the world, since WW2. Well not for long. Then there was the cold war and the need to produce tons of arms to combat that threat.
Then Korea, then Vietnam, then ..................
All to keep the arms industry working hard. I wonder who sits on the boards of some of these companies and who gets contracts after the war to rebuild?
So much more profitable than building friendships, not supporting corrupt and often despotic dictators. Building trust, love and above all dependency. Yes some one who depends on you to build roads, schools, hospitals, power plants, water systems and other things we take for granted. Is no bloody use to an industry that depends on you going to these countries in trucks that cost millions, planes that cost billions, tanks that cost a small fortune, etc. To kill the people living there.
Who will fight back with AK47 and roadside bombs that cost a few hundred dollars. Because they are in the wrong.
Let's sidetrack it with the racist card. Much easier than discussing a solution.