So many sci-fi episodes from startrek/stargate come to mind. US foreign policy (for that matter any countries') is designed to exploit all other countries for t

So many sci-fi episodes from startrek/stargate come to mind. US foreign policy (for that matter any countries') is designed to exploit all other countries for the benefit of their own interests. Sometimes immediate interests cause shortsightedness which results in a mess being created for them as well. It used to be that mess everywhere else is good for US businesses. But given how all economies are interconnected in more direct ways and hardly any major company has US interests only, the game is more interesting and the political thinkers and lobbyists are yet to catchup to this new reality.