I know, it's so easy to blame it on the "big bad wolf" corporations, isn't it?
Let me quote myself, since you must have missed it in the previous post:
The US has it's fingers in a LOT of plates that it should not have, all around the world. And I have said so on numerous occasions. Our government should NOT be the police force of the world--I agree with you there as well. If it is not in defense of our own interests, then we should not be involved. BUT...much of the world has come to EXPECT the US to be their "police force" and to come to the rescue anytime something comes along that they don't want to deal with themselves, whether it be financially, militarily, environmentally...
To elaborate:
The US has overextended it's welcome in many places, and has made foreign policy mistakes left and right...Have you noticed that, as a Libertarian, I'm constantly bashing the Democrats AND Republicans on a very regular basis? They are not that different from each other in many ways. I'm very much a non-interventionist, unless there is an obvious threat or risk to the US. At the same time, the US is not to blame in many situations where we have helped to remove one oppressive ruler, and the population of that country does not organize to prevent another one from moving in to take his place! We need to stop getting involved in ALL of those situations, so that we can stop being kicked in the ankles later by people who are unhappy with the results.
It's so obvious what's going on with the oil issue...If our very own enviro-nazis would shut up and let us get on with producing more of our OWN, then we wouldn't NEED the Middle East oil, now would we?! Of course, we can't do that, because that would remove every anti-capitalist's favorite scape-goat, wouldn't it?!!!
Mike