Yep, no matter how monstrous your human rights record is, no matter how big of a kleptocracy your government is, the US will be your ally as long as you give th

Yep, no matter how monstrous your human rights record is, no matter how big of a kleptocracy your government is, the US will be your ally as long as you give the US suzerain authority and play ball with US corporations. There's no end to the human rights abuses the US will overlook if you're willing to play ball. Iran is in the doghouse because they nationalized their oil, same as Venezuela. Cuba under the US-backed Batista dictatorship makes the current communist regime there look like a country run by Mister Rogers, but Batista played ball so it was an ally. International relations in general are characterized by an amoral state of anarchy, there is no right and wrong, only suzerains and clients.