Cypher specialises in American small wars, and that video was about the history of American warmaking. The focus on US actions was unsurprising.
He does cover a wide diversity of subjects on his channel. Worth a look.
The definition I am using is not new:
Otherwise known as the Athenian Empire.
As I’ve argued here before:
Go through the list. Look at the history of US wars over the last century.
How many were genuinely motivated by altruistic interests? How many actually improved the lives of those most affected? How does this compare to the damage from the unethical and destructive wars?
Did you see War Machine? It’s filmed in a deliberately over-the-top style that turned off a lot of the critics, but the underlying plot does a good job of critiquing US foreign policy.
Yup.
Take a look at Australia’s military history:
A few things to note:
They fail to mention the genocide of Indigenous Australia.
Fourteen wars in one hundred and eighteen years.
Of those wars, only one (Operation Astute) was joined primarily in Australia’s own interests. All of the rest were done in the service of the UK or America.
The primary role of the Australian military is not to fight in defence of Australia. They’re a nationalised company of mercenaries, deployed to curry favour with our imperial/hegemonic overlords.
Australia is fully complicit in the crimes of the American military. Most of the drone strikes are targeted from Pine Gap; much of the spying passes through there as well.
