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Originally Posted by Milky Way Resident
More of what? If you are talking about business, then yes they do want their companies to expand globally as does pretty much every country that is in a position to do so. As for territorial gains, there hasn't really been one in a long time.
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Are you talking about these countries?
1914-1918 - a series of incursions into Mexico.
1914-1934 - Haiti. After numerous uprisings, America introduces its troops, the occupation continues for 19 years.
1916-1924 - 8-year occupation of the Dominican Republic.
1917-1933 - the military occupation of Cuba, an economic protectorate.
1917-1918 - participation in the 1st World War.
1918-1922 - intervention in Russia. In total, 14 states participated in it.
Active support was provided for the territories that separated Russia from Kolchakia and the Far Eastern Republic.
1918-1920 - Panama. After the elections, troops are introduced to quell the riots.
1919 - COSTA RICA. ... The landing of US troops to "protect American interests."
1919 - American troops are fighting on the side of Italy against the Serbs in Dolmatia.
1919 - US troops enter Honduras during the elections.
1920 - Guatemala. 2-week intervention.
1921 - American support for militants who fought for the overthrow of the President of Guatemala Carlos Herrera for the benefit of the United Fruit Company.
1922 - intervention in Turkey.
1922-1927 - American troops in China during the popular uprising.
1924-1925 - Honduras. The troops invade the country during the elections.
1925 - Panama. American troops disperse the general strike.
1926 - Nicaragua. Invasion.
1927-1934 - American troops are stationed throughout China.
1932 - invasion of El Salvador from the sea. There at that time there was an uprising.
1937 - Nicaragua. With the help of US troops, dictator Somoza comes to power, displacing the legitimate government of H. Sakasa.
1939 - the introduction of troops in China.
1947-1949 - Greece. American troops participate in the civil war, supporting the fascists.
1948-1953 - military operations in the Philippines.
1950 - The uprising in Puerto Rico was crushed by American troops.
1950-1953 - armed intervention in Korea about a million American soldiers.
1958 - Lebanon. The occupation of the country, the fight against the insurgents.
1958 - confrontation with Panama.
1959 - America introduces troops to Laos, the first encounters of American troops begin in Vietnam.
1959 - Haiti. The suppression of the popular uprising against the pro-American government.
1960 - after Jose Maria Velasco was elected president of Ecuador and refused to obey the US demands to break off relations with Cuba, the Americans conducted several military operations and organize a coup.
1960 - US troops enter Guatemala to prevent the removal from power of the puppet of the United States.
1965-1973 - military aggression against Vietnam.
1966 - Guatemala. ... The US troops entered the country, there were organized mass killings of Indians, who were considered potential rebels.
1966 - military assistance to the pro-American governments of Indonesia and the Philippines. ... (60,000 people were arrested for political reasons, 88 specialists were officially working under the government for torture).
1971-1973 - the bombing of Laos.
1972 - Nicaragua. US troops are being introduced to support a government that is beneficial to Washington.
1983 - military intervention in Grenada about 2 thousand marines.
1986 - an attack on Libya. The bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi.
1988 - US invasion of Honduras
1988 - US warship Vincennes, located in the Persian Gulf, shot down an Iranian plane carrying 290 passengers aboard, including 57 children.
1989 - US troops suppress riots on the Virgin Islands.
1991 - large-scale military action against Iraq
1992-1994 - the occupation of Somalia. Armed violence against civilians, killings of civilians.
1998 - Sudan. The Americans are destroying the pharmaceutical plant with a missile attack, claiming that it produces nerve gas.
1999 - ignoring the norms of international law, bypassing the United Nations and the Security Council, the United States forces launched a campaign of 78-day aerial bombardment of the sovereign state of Yugoslavia.
2001 - invasion of Afghanistan.
2003 - the bombing of Iraq.
2011 - Libya.