rom the end of the World War II in 1945 until 2001, the United States was involved in 201 out of 248 armed conflicts around the world, according to data from Uppsala University in Sweden. These conflicts took place in 153 regions, the US was involved in about 81 percent of those.

These included wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, among others. Beyond direct military involvement, the US has often interfered in the internal affairs of other countries. This includes supporting proxy wars, backing anti-government rebels, carrying out targeted assassinations, supplying weaponsand training armed groups.

Such actions have seriously disrupted the social and political stability of many nations. This widespread military activity is not accidental. It reflects a broad post-World War II strategy deeply connected to a form of neo-imperialism. This strategy is driven by the US military-industrial complex—a powerful network of defence contractors, politicians and military leaders.

President Dwight D Eisenhower famously warned about the dangers of this system in his farewell speech in 1961. Alongside this military-industrial system, US foreign policy has also been shaped by the influence of Zionism and other ideological interests. These forces continue to play a key role in shaping both American governments’ international behaviour and their domestic policies.

Despite its claims of promoting freedom, democracy and human rights—and despite spending vast amounts of money on its military—the US has rarely achieved the goals it sets in its foreign interventions. America epitomises and has stood for what George Orwell said in Nineteen Eighty-Four: “War is Peace, Freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.”

Rather than being a force for peace and freedom, American unilateralism — the practice of acting without regard for international consensus or legal frameworks — has arguably become one of the greatest obstacles to global stability. Under this model, the US not only invades and occupies nations under the guise of spreading democracy, but also enables its allies, such as Israel, to act aggressively with impunity.

The consequences have........

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