[bryanthompson]

any market that is not wide-open to U.S. commercial exploitation is filled with terrorists

It's not an assumption as much as it's the exact truth. Poor countries are depressing and sucky. Their leaders steal their resources and tell them to hate the West because of it. Countries that don't trade with us don't gain wealth, they aren't free, and they hate us. I don't see what's so complicated about that.