History is full of foreign influence, true, but that doesn't mean it was a good thing. The US has laws protecting against it because we fear the subversion of o

History is full of foreign influence, true, but that doesn't mean it was a good thing. The US has laws protecting against it because we fear the subversion of our independence. In fact, many countries fight civil wars between a national group and a foreign backed group. In history, foreign interference is rarely healthy. That's why people care about this.