> US Government to secure the US “backyard” in the Western Hemisphere as an exclusive zone of interest Is this what the US came to represent? A colonial power

> US Government to secure the US “backyard” in the Western Hemisphere as an exclusive zone of interest Is this what the US came to represent? A colonial power sponsoring friendly dictators and treating half of the planet as its plaything? If that’s true, is it even worth fixing? > You cannot rule the Middle East with an iron fist, only by soft power You can’t rule anywhere with an iron fist and still be considered a shining beacon of democracy. Or even a role model. And you mentioned genocide on an unprecedented scale.