[Rick Lee]

Mike, I think you may have been buzzed by too many black helicopters. The blame-America-first crowd will never have my sympathy.

Your version of events, while perhaps factually accurate, is how repressive countries portray us in their textbooks - not how our leaders envision things when they implement foreign policy. If we really wanted to make the world poorer, it would be much easier than what we really intend to do.