US heg bad—military interventions make countries less secure and displace millions

Thomas Meisenhelder, "Declining American Hegemony Could Be A Good Thing," Common Dreams, 10-11-2020, https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/11/declining-american-hegemony-could-be-good-thing-- 嘉玮

Much of the U. S. hegemony has stemmed from the fact that the United States is surely the most heavily armed and most militarily active country in the world. The national myth is that we use military force reluctantly and only when it is necessary to insure human rights, peace, and security. But let's look at the record: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Cuba, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Chile, Central America, Libya, Congo, Iran, Iraq, Panama, Afghanistan. Are any of these places were made better as a consequences of our covert and overt actions? We spend more on weapons of war than any other country in the world. Researchers at Brown University have found that since the horror of 9/11, the so-called "war on terrorism" has killed 800,000, displaced 37,000,000, and cost taxpayers $6.4 trillion.