The United States and the Strategy of Perpetual Instability: How Chaos Serves Power

The United States does not just allow instability—it creates and sustains it as a means of securing global dominance. This is not accidental. It is a deliberate strategy designed to control resources, dictate foreign policy, suppress competition, and justify never-ending military expansion.

The narrative of "spreading democracy" or "stabilizing regions" is a front—the real goal is ensuring no nation becomes strong enough to challenge U.S. interests, whether economically, politically, or militarily. The key elements of this strategy include:

  1. Resource Control – Ensuring regions with critical natural resources (oil, minerals, rare earth metals, agricultural land, water supplies) stay weak enough for U.S. corporations to exploit.

  2. Eliminating Competition – Destabilizing any country that attempts self-sufficiency, economic independence, or geopolitical influence outside of U.S. control.

  3. Perpetual War Profiteering – Keeping regions unstable guarantees ongoing military spending, benefiting weapons manufacturers, intelligence agencies, and private military contractors.

  4. Maintaining Dollar Hegemony – Preventing foreign nations from developing independent trade systems that bypass the U.S. dollar, keeping the global economy tied to American financial institutions.

  5. Public Distraction & Control – A chaotic world keeps Americans in fear, justifying authoritarian policies at home while ensuring citizens focus outward, not inward on domestic corruption.

This is how U.S. hegemony operates—not by bringing peace, but by managing conflict to permanently entrench its dominance.

The Pattern of Manufactured Instability

1. The Middle East: Wars That Never End

For over 50 years, the U.S. has kept the Middle East in constant war to secure oil dominance, suppress nationalist movements, and maintain arms industry profits.

  • Iraq (2003–Present) – The U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein not for WMDs, but to gain direct control over Iraq’s oil reserves and break the country into warring factions that could never challenge U.S. dominance.

  • Syria (2011–Present) – Under the pretense of fighting ISIS, the U.S. flooded the region with weapons, armed extremist groups, and fueled a civil war, ensuring Syria could never stabilize or align fully with Russia/Iran.

  • Afghanistan (1979–2021) – The U.S. armed the Mujahideen against the Soviets, then used terrorism as a pretext for invasion, occupied the country for 20 years, and then deliberately handed it back to the Taliban, ensuring permanent instability that keeps China and Russia from establishing influence.

  • Libya (2011-Present) – The U.S. and NATO destroyed Gaddafi’s government because he was pushing for an African gold-backed currency, which would have freed African nations from U.S. dollar dependency. Now, Libya is a failed state run by warlords and human traffickers.

The key takeaway? The U.S. never leaves a region stronger than it found it. It only leaves chaos.

2. Africa: The War for Resources

Africa is home to the richest deposits of minerals on Earth—but most African nations remain impoverished, war-torn, and heavily dependent on the West. Why? Because stability would allow them to control their own resources, cutting the U.S. out of the equation.

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – The world’s most mineral-rich country, containing 80% of the world’s cobalt (used for batteries), rare earth metals, and vast untapped oil reserves. The U.S. has ignored genocide, backed warlords, and allowed child slavery in mines to ensure American companies maintain cheap access to Congo’s minerals.

  • Somalia (1993–Present) – The U.S. sabotaged Somalia’s stability because the country controls a strategic maritime trade route in the Indian Ocean. Keeping Somalia weak ensures the U.S. Navy dominates commercial shipping in the region.

  • Sudan (2023-Present) – A proxy war between U.S. and Russian interests, as Sudan’s leaders were negotiating an economic deal with Russia and China before suddenly facing a "civil war" conveniently backed by American military support.

African nations do not benefit from war—but U.S. corporations and defense contractors do.

3. Latin America: Controlling Trade & Governments

Latin America has faced constant U.S. interference, ensuring no leftist or nationalist government gains too much power.

  • Chile (1973) – The U.S. orchestrated a CIA-backed coup to overthrow President Salvador Allende, who was attempting to nationalize Chilean copper mines. In his place, the U.S. installed dictator Augusto Pinochet, who privatized industries and allowed U.S. corporations to take control.

  • Venezuela (2002–Present) – The U.S. has attempted multiple coups to remove Venezuela’s leadership because of its massive oil reserves. When Venezuela tried to sell oil in non-U.S. currencies, the U.S. responded with crippling sanctions and covert funding of opposition forces.

  • Honduras (2009) – The U.S. supported a military coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya after he attempted agrarian reforms that would have reduced corporate land ownership.

The U.S. goal in Latin America has always been economic domination, not development—a continent trapped in debt, coups, and cartel violence is much easier to control.

How the U.S. Uses Debt & Economic Warfare to Control Nations

Even when the U.S. doesn’t use direct military intervention, it controls nations through economic weapons.

  1. IMF & World Bank Loans: The U.S. ensures developing nations take massive loans, then forces them to privatize industries, cut social services, and allow Western corporations to take over resources.

  2. Sanctions as Warfare: Countries like Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Russia are hit with sanctions not because of “human rights violations,” but because they refuse U.S. economic control.

  3. Destroying Independent Currencies: Any country that tries to trade in non-dollar currencies (like Iraq, Libya, or Venezuela) gets hit with coups or military action.

This is why so many countries remain trapped in debt, unable to grow independently—because stability and sovereignty are not allowed.

What This Means: The World is Not Broken—It’s Controlled

The biggest myth is that the world is “chaotic” or that things are “falling apart.” Nothing is random.

  • Every war, every coup, every economic collapse benefits the U.S.

  • Nations are not failing—they are being strategically kept from succeeding.

  • The media tells you instability is natural, but in reality, it is manufactured.

The only question left is: Who benefits?

The answer is always the same:

  1. Weapons manufacturers who profit from endless wars.

  2. U.S. energy corporations who gain access to cheap oil.

  3. Tech industries that exploit resource-rich nations.

  4. The financial elite, who keep the world dependent on the U.S. dollar.

There is no “War on Terror,” no “fight for democracy,” no “humanitarian intervention.”

There is only the business of war, control, and resource theft—disguised as geopolitics.

Source List

Middle East & Military-Driven Destabilization

  1. Iraq War and U.S. Oil Interests

  2. Syria and U.S. Support for Extremist Groups

    • The Intercept – "The U.S. Government Is Still Arming Extremists in Syria"
      https://theintercept.com/2018/05/23/syria-rebels-weapons-us/

  3. Afghanistan: U.S. Handing the Country Back to the Taliban

  4. Libya and the Destruction of Gaddafi’s Gold-Backed Currency Plan

    • Foreign Policy Journal – "Hillary Emails Reveal NATO Killed Gaddafi to Stop Libya’s Gold-Backed Currency"
      https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/

Africa: Resource Wars & The U.S. Role in Destabilization

  1. The Congo Wars and Western Corporate Interests in Minerals

  2. Somalia: U.S. Military Operations and the Control of Maritime Trade Routes

    • The Intercept – "America’s Longest War Isn’t in Afghanistan, It’s in Somalia"
      https://theintercept.com/2019/09/09/somalia-airstrikes-war-on-terror/

  3. Sudan’s Civil War and U.S. Interests in the Region

    • Al Jazeera – "Is Sudan's Conflict a Proxy War?"
      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/27/is-sudans-conflict-a-proxy-war

Latin America: Coups, Regime Change, and Economic Control

  1. Chile: CIA-Backed Coup Against Allende

    • The National Security Archive – "The U.S. and the Overthrow of Salvador Allende"
      https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm

  2. Venezuela: U.S. Economic Warfare and Regime Change Attempts

    • Reuters – "U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis"
      https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-sanctions-deepen-venezuelas-humanitarian-crisis-2022-08-10/

  3. Honduras: U.S.-Backed Military Coup in 2009

Economic Warfare: The IMF, U.S. Dollar Control & Sanctions

  1. How the IMF and World Bank Control Developing Nations

  • The Nation – "How IMF Loans Hurt the Global South"
    https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/imf-world-bank-neocolonialism/

  1. Sanctions as Economic Warfare

  • Bloomberg – "The U.S. Uses Sanctions as a Weapon of War"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/us-sanctions-policy-is-economic-warfare

  1. U.S. Wars Against Countries Trying to Abandon the Dollar

  • The Independent – "The Real Reason the U.S. Attacked Iraq & Libya"
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-wars-against-dollar-iraq-libya-a7931166.html

Final Takeaway

Every war, every coup, every crisis serves a purpose—whether it’s securing resources, crushing economic competitors, or keeping military budgets sky-high. The U.S. doesn’t want peace, because peace means losing control.

Sources:

Middle East & Military-Driven Destabilization

  1. Iraq War and U.S. Oil Interests
    The Guardian – "The Iraq War Was About Oil, Not Weapons of Mass Destruction"
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/18/iraq-war-oil-motive-george-bush-tony-blair

  2. Syria and U.S. Support for Extremist Groups
    The Intercept – "The U.S. Government Is Still Arming Extremists in Syria"
    https://theintercept.com/2018/05/23/syria-rebels-weapons-us/

  3. Afghanistan: U.S. Handing the Country Back to the Taliban
    BBC – "Why Did the U.S. Really Leave Afghanistan?"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58242728

  4. Libya and the Destruction of Gaddafi’s Gold-Backed Currency Plan
    Foreign Policy Journal – "Hillary Emails Reveal NATO Killed Gaddafi to Stop Libya’s Gold-Backed Currency"
    https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/

Africa: Resource Wars & The U.S. Role in Destabilization

  1. The Congo Wars and Western Corporate Interests in Minerals
    The New York Times – "How U.S. Tech Giants Are Funding the Violence in the Congo"
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/world/africa/congo-cobalt-mining.html

  2. Somalia: U.S. Military Operations and the Control of Maritime Trade Routes
    The Intercept – "America’s Longest War Isn’t in Afghanistan, It’s in Somalia"
    https://theintercept.com/2019/09/09/somalia-airstrikes-war-on-terror/

  3. Sudan’s Civil War and U.S. Interests in the Region
    Al Jazeera – "Is Sudan's Conflict a Proxy War?"
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/27/is-sudans-conflict-a-proxy-war

Latin America: Coups, Regime Change, and Economic Control

  1. Chile: CIA-Backed Coup Against Allende
    The National Security Archive – "The U.S. and the Overthrow of Salvador Allende"
    https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm

  2. Venezuela: U.S. Economic Warfare and Regime Change Attempts
    Reuters – "U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis"
    https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-sanctions-deepen-venezuelas-humanitarian-crisis-2022-08-10/

  3. Honduras: U.S.-Backed Military Coup in 2009
    The Guardian – "Honduras Coup: How the U.S. Helped"
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jul/01/honduras-coup-obama-clinton

Economic Warfare: The IMF, U.S. Dollar Control & Sanctions

  1. How the IMF and World Bank Control Developing Nations
    The Nation – "How IMF Loans Hurt the Global South"
    https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/imf-world-bank-neocolonialism/

  2. Sanctions as Economic Warfare
    Bloomberg – "The U.S. Uses Sanctions as a Weapon of War"
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/us-sanctions-policy-is-economic-warfare

  3. U.S. Wars Against Countries Trying to Abandon the Dollar
    The Independent – "The Real Reason the U.S. Attacked Iraq & Libya"
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-wars-against-dollar-iraq-libya-a7931166.html

Final Takeaway:

Every war, every coup, and every crisis serves a purpose—whether it’s securing resources, crushing economic competitors, or keeping military budgets sky-high. The U.S. doesn’t want peace, because peace means losing control.

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