USA FOREIGN POLICY AROUND THE WORLD (krysstal.com)
| Period | Country | USA Policy Details | Civilians Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | South Korea | Support for massacre of dissidents on Cheju Island. | 100,000 + |
| 1948 | Vietnam | Support of French efforts to recolonise. | thousands |
| 1950 | Bahamas | Biological tests (with Canada and UK). | unknown |
| 1950 | Korea | Stopping refugees crossing the front line. | hundreds |
| 1952 | Cuba | Support for military coup and death squads. | thousands |
| 1952 | Korea China |
Biological warfare. | unknown |
| 1954+ | Guatemala | Organisation of military coup; arming and training of government death squads. | 100,000 + |
| 1957+ | Haiti | Support for brutal dictatorship. | 60,000 |
| 1962 | Cuba | Attack on industrial facility. | 400 |
| 1963 | Iraq | Supplying military government with lists of dissidents to be eliminated. | thousands |
| 1964 | North Vietnam | Blanket bombing. | unknown |
| 1964 | Brazil | Support for brutal dictatorship. | 75,000 + |
| 1965 | Indonesia | Supplying government with lists of dissidents to be eliminated. | thousands |
| 1965 to 1973 | Laos | Blanket bombing. | hundreds of thousands |
| 1965 | Peru | Setting up military camps to eliminate dissidents. | unknown |
| 1967 | Vietnam | “Friendly Fire”. | 80 |
| 1968 | Vietnam | My Lai Massacre by USA troops | over 200 |
| 1970 | Vietnam | Chemical warfare. | thousands |
| 1970 | Laos | Chemical warfare. | Over 100 |
| 1971 | Vietnam | Military action. | 5,000 |
| 1972 | Vietnam | Blanket bombing. | unknown |
| 1972 | Lebanon Syria |
Air attacks by Israel supported by the USA. | hundreds |
| 1973 | Chile | Organisation and support of military coup and its follow-up actions. | 5,000 |
| 1969 to 1973 | Cambodia | Blanket bombing, mostly in secret. | 600,000 |
| 1964 to 1975 | Vietnam Laos |
Blanket bombing. | 2,500,000 + |
| 1939 to 1975 | Spain | Financial support for brutal dictatorship. | 192,684 |
| 1975 to 1979 | Cambodia | Khmer Rouge auto-genocide resulting from five years of secret bombing. | 2,500,000 + |
| 1975 to 1999 | East Timor | Support and arming of Indonesian invasion and genocide (with UK and Australia). | 200,000 |
| 1975 | Iraq | Abandoning of former Kurdish allies. | unknown |
| 1976 | Nicaragua | Massacre of dissidents by supported and armed un-elected government. | thousands |
| 1978 | Lebanon | Supporting of invasion by Israel. | 700 |
| 1978+ | Guatemala | Arming, training and support of government death squads. | 20,000 |
| 1953 to 1979 | Iran | Support and finance for unelected, brutal government put in place by USA and UK. | unknown |
| 1979 | Nicaragua | Support and arming of unelected, brutal government put in place by USA. | 30,000 |
| 1980 to 1992 | El Salvador | Training, arming and financial backing for government death squads. | 75,000 |
| 1980 to 1990 | Iran | Support and arms for invasion by Iraq. | 1,000,000 |
| 1980 | Italy | Support and finance for urban terrorists. | 86 |
| 1980 | South Korea | Massacre of dissidents by military government armed and supported by USA. | thousands |
| 1981 | Lebanon | Support of bombing raids by Israel. | 320 |
| 1982 | Lebanon | Support for invasion by Israel including use of UN veto. | 17,500 + |
| 1982 to 1990 | Chad | Training and arming of military regime. | thousands |
| 1982 to 1986 | Guatemala | Support and arming of brutal, military regime. | 50,000 + |
| 1983 | Grenada | Invasion to remove leader. | 500 |
| 1976 to 1984 | Argentina | Support and finance for military regime. | 30,000 |
| 1986 | Nicaragua | Support and arming of former government troops for destabilisation. | 50,000 |
| 1986 | Libya | Military attack on oil installations. | 70 + |
| 1987 to 1992 | Palestinian Territories | Support and finance for occupation and settlement building by Israel. | 1000 + |
| 1983 to 1987 | Lebanon | Support and arms for military action by Israel and CIA sponsored terrorism. | 50,000 + |
| 1988 | Iran | Shooting down of commercial passenger airliner. | 286 |
| 1988 | Iraq | Support (with UK), finance and arms for regime which uses poison gas on its Kurdish population. | 6,000 |
| 1989 | Panama | Invasion to remove leader. | 4,000 + |
| 1991 | Iraq | Invasion (with UK and other countries). | 200,000 |
| 1992 | Somalia | Invasion. | 7,000 |
| 1974 to 1992 | Angola | Arming and support for rebels destabilising country. | 650,000 + |
| 1986 to 1994 | Colombia | Finance (with UK oil companies) and support for regime that kills dissidents. | 20,000 + |
| 1995 to 1998 | Turkey | Arms and finance for regime that kills dissidents and its Kurdish population. | 27,000 + |
| 1995 | Mexico | Military aid to supress dissidents. | unknown |
| 1996 | Lebanon | Arms and support for Israel in its occupation. | 120 |
| 1996 | Palestinian Territories | Arms and finance for Israeli occupation. | 80 + |
| 1997 | Rwanda | Arms and finance for regime that kills dissidents. | 6,000 |
| 1965 to 1997 | Indonesia | Arms, support and finance for brutal dictatorship. | 1,000,000 |
| 1990 to 1997 | Iraq | Pressure on UN to impose and maintain sanctions and bombing raids (with UK support). | 1,200,000 + |
| 1998 | Afghanistan | Finance (with UK) for brutal Taliban government. | 2,000 + |
| 1998 | Sudan | Bombing. | unknown |
| 1986 to 1998 | Guatemala | Support, finance and arms for regimes that kill dissidents. | 200,000 |
| 1999 | Yugoslavia | Bombing (with other NATO countries). | thousands |
| 1999 | Iraq | Bombing (with UK support). | hundreds |
| 1991 to 1999 | Kuwait Iraq |
Unexploded cluster bombs. | 1,620 |
| 2000 | Palestinian Territories | Support, arms and finance for occupation and settlement building by Israel. | hundreds |
| 2001 | Colombia | Arms and training for regime that kills dissidents. | 18 |
| 2001 | Palestinian Territories | Support, arms and finance for occupation and settlement building by Israel. | hundreds |
| 2001 | Palestinian Territories | Ethnic cleansing. | 100 + |
| 2001 | Afghanistan | Bombing (with UK). | 3,760 + |
| 1995 to 2001 | Peru | Helping military shoot down aircraft suspected of drug running. | unknown |
| 2002 | Palestinian Territories | Political support, finance and arms. | hundreds |
| 2002 | Angola | Intelligence. | unknown |
| 2002 | Iraq | Bombing (with UK). | unknown |
| 2002 | Yemen | Missile attack on vehicle. | 6 |
| 2003 | Afghanistan | Support for war lords. | 300 + |
| 2003 | Algeria | Finacial and military support for unelected government. | hundreds |
| 2003 | Iraq | Invasion (with UK). | 17,000 + |
| 2003 | Bolivia | Support for government that is crushing economic dissent. | 40 |
| 1976 to 2003 | Indonesia | Support for government suppressing minorities in Aceh province. | 12,000 + |
| 2003 | Palestinian Territories | Political support, finance and arms. | hundreds |
| 2003 | Uzbekistan | Support for dictator. | unknown |
| 2004 | Palestinian Territories | Political support, finance and arms. | 1,400 + |
| 2003 to 2007 | Iraq | Invasion and Occupation (with UK). | 655,000 + |
| 2006 | Palestine, Lebanon | Political support and arms. (with UK). | 1,300 + (to August) |
| 2006 | Haiti | Removal of elected government. (with France). | 8,000 + (to September) |
| 2007 | Somalia | Removal of government. (with Ethiopia). | 2,000 + |
| 2008 | Palestine | Political support for siege and killings. | 700 + |
| 2009 | Palestine | Political support and arms. | 1,300 + |
Sums up US foreign policy in a nut-shell
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