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This 5 page paper discusses aspects of U.S. intervention in Central America, including the basic underpinnings of U.S. foreign policy. It also touches on the School of the Americas, monocrops, and foreign debt and poverty in Central American nations. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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country in question. The real reason for intervention is usually much less noble. This paper considers some of the U.S. interventions in Central America. Discussion Noam Chomsky is a linguist,
philosopher and political activist whose work is well-regarded, if not well-liked by those in power; he is highly critical of U.S. foreign policy. But he also provides solid evidence for
his observations, and frequently, shows us the missing "link" between what U.S. does and the reasons for its actions, actions that are sometimes otherwise inscrutable. In his book Turning the
Tide, U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace, Chomsky gives a "systematic and comprehensive analysis" for U.S. policy in the region, as well as the motivating factors
behind it (McMahan, 1987). Unfortunately, those factors are not particularly attractive: "Chomsky locates the current intervention in the overall context of U.S. foreign policy, past and present, and shows how
it conforms to a consistent pattern of interventionist activity throughout the globe that has persisted for well over a century and has survived largely unchanged even through the tenure of
the countrys most liberal administrations" (McMahan, 1987). Chomsky isnt the only one who has noticed the U.S. tendency to intervene in cultures all over the world-Iraq is merely the latest
in a long list of interventionist adventures-but hes one of the most articulate. Chomsky claims the U.S. policy is both consistent and coherent over time, and that it reflects "the
interests of the dominant groups in society--namely, those who control the economy" (McMahan, 1987). U.S. foreign policy, then, expresses the vital interests of "capitalist economic organization in the United States"
(McMahan, 1987). This is a difficult pill for most Americans to swallow; i.e., that our constant meddling in other peoples business is based on economics, not a desire to help
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