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| | ::*''The United States has created 37 million refugees around the world. Since 2012, the number of Syrian refugees alone has increased tenfold. Between 2016 and 2019, 33,584 civilian deaths were documented in the Syrian fightings, including 3,833 killed by U.S.-led coalition bombings, half of them women and children. The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) reported on 9 November 2018 that the air strikes launched by U.S. forces on Raqqa alone killed 1,600 Syrian civilians. | | ::*''The United States has created 37 million refugees around the world. Since 2012, the number of Syrian refugees alone has increased tenfold. Between 2016 and 2019, 33,584 civilian deaths were documented in the Syrian fightings, including 3,833 killed by U.S.-led coalition bombings, half of them women and children. The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) reported on 9 November 2018 that the air strikes launched by U.S. forces on Raqqa alone killed 1,600 Syrian civilians. |
| | ::*''The two-decades-long war in [[Afghanistan]] devastated the country. A total of 47,000 Afghan civilians and 66,000 to 69,000 Afghan soldiers and police officers unrelated to the [[September 11 attacks]] were killed in U.S. military operations, and more than 10 million people were displaced. The [[Afghan war|war in Afghanistan]] destroyed the foundation of economic development there and plunged the Afghan people into destitution. After the "[[Fall of Kabul|Kabul debacle" in 2021]], the United States announced that it would freeze some 9.5 billion dollars in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank, a move considered as "pure looting." | | ::*''The two-decades-long war in [[Afghanistan]] devastated the country. A total of 47,000 Afghan civilians and 66,000 to 69,000 Afghan soldiers and police officers unrelated to the [[September 11 attacks]] were killed in U.S. military operations, and more than 10 million people were displaced. The [[Afghan war|war in Afghanistan]] destroyed the foundation of economic development there and plunged the Afghan people into destitution. After the "[[Fall of Kabul|Kabul debacle" in 2021]], the United States announced that it would freeze some 9.5 billion dollars in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank, a move considered as "pure looting." |
| − | ::*''In September 2022, [[Turk]]ish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu commented at a rally that the United States has waged a [[proxy war]] in [[Syria]], turned Afghanistan into an [[opium]] field and [[heroin]] factory, thrown [[Pakistan]] into turmoil, and left [[Libya]] in incessant civil unrest. The United States does whatever it takes to rob and [[enslave]] the people of any country with underground resources. | + | ::*''In September 2022, [[Turkish]] Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu commented at a rally that the United States has waged a [[proxy war]] in [[Syria]], turned Afghanistan into an [[opium]] field and [[heroin]] factory, thrown [[Pakistan]] into turmoil, and left [[Libya]] in incessant civil unrest. The United States does whatever it takes to rob and [[enslave]] the people of any country with underground resources. |
| | ::*''The United States has also adopted appalling methods in war. During the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Gulf War]], the [[Kosovo War]], the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, the United States used massive quantities of chemical and [[biological weapon]]s as well as cluster bombs, fuel-air bombs, graphite bombs and [[depleted uranium]] bombs, causing enormous damage on civilian facilities, countless civilian casualties and lasting [[environmental]] pollution. | | ::*''The United States has also adopted appalling methods in war. During the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Gulf War]], the [[Kosovo War]], the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, the United States used massive quantities of chemical and [[biological weapon]]s as well as cluster bombs, fuel-air bombs, graphite bombs and [[depleted uranium]] bombs, causing enormous damage on civilian facilities, countless civilian casualties and lasting [[environmental]] pollution. |
| | :*III. Economic Hegemony—Looting and Exploitation | | :*III. Economic Hegemony—Looting and Exploitation |
| | ::*''After [[World War II]], the United States led efforts to set up the [[Bretton Woods]] System, the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]], which, together with the [[Marshall Plan]], formed the international monetary system centered around the U.S. [[dollar]]. In addition, the United States has also established institutional hegemony in the international economic and [[financial]] sector by manipulating the weighted voting systems, rules and arrangements of international organizations including "approval by 85 percent majority," and its domestic trade laws and regulations. By taking advantage of the dollar's status as the major international reserve currency, the United States is basically collecting "seigniorage" from around the world; and using its control over international organizations, it coerces other countries into serving America's political and economic strategy... | | ::*''After [[World War II]], the United States led efforts to set up the [[Bretton Woods]] System, the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]], which, together with the [[Marshall Plan]], formed the international monetary system centered around the U.S. [[dollar]]. In addition, the United States has also established institutional hegemony in the international economic and [[financial]] sector by manipulating the weighted voting systems, rules and arrangements of international organizations including "approval by 85 percent majority," and its domestic trade laws and regulations. By taking advantage of the dollar's status as the major international reserve currency, the United States is basically collecting "seigniorage" from around the world; and using its control over international organizations, it coerces other countries into serving America's political and economic strategy... |
| | :*IV. Technological Hegemony—Monopoly and Suppression | | :*IV. Technological Hegemony—Monopoly and Suppression |
| − | ::"*''The United States seeks to deter other countries' [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[economic]] development by wielding [[monopoly]] power, suppression measures and technology restrictions in [[high-tech]] fields... | + | ::"*''The United States seeks to deter other countries' [[scientific]], [[technology|technological]] and [[economic]] development by wielding [[monopoly]] power, suppression measures and technology restrictions in [[high-tech]] fields... |
| | ::*''U.S. [[surveillance]] is indiscriminate. All can be targets of its surveillance, be they rivals or allies, even leaders of allied countries such as former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and several French Presidents. Cyber surveillance and attacks launched by the United States such as "Prism," "Dirtbox," "Irritant Horn" and "Telescreen Operation" are all proof that the United States is closely monitoring its allies and partners. Such eavesdropping on allies and partners has already caused worldwide outrage. [[Julian Assange]], the founder of [[Wikileaks]], a website that has exposed U.S. surveillance programs, said that "do not expect a global surveillance superpower to act with honor or respect. There is only one rule: there are no rules." | | ::*''U.S. [[surveillance]] is indiscriminate. All can be targets of its surveillance, be they rivals or allies, even leaders of allied countries such as former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and several French Presidents. Cyber surveillance and attacks launched by the United States such as "Prism," "Dirtbox," "Irritant Horn" and "Telescreen Operation" are all proof that the United States is closely monitoring its allies and partners. Such eavesdropping on allies and partners has already caused worldwide outrage. [[Julian Assange]], the founder of [[Wikileaks]], a website that has exposed U.S. surveillance programs, said that "do not expect a global surveillance superpower to act with honor or respect. There is only one rule: there are no rules." |
| | :*V. Cultural Hegemony—Spreading False Narratives | | :*V. Cultural Hegemony—Spreading False Narratives |