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After, before, and during the Vietnam War, America has tried to push democracy, or at least democratic ideas, onto other countries. In Africa, Zaire was a country that was heavily influenced by the morals of the U.S. – a stable government and a greedy, capitalistic economy, barely held in place, thanks to its exports. According to historians, America did follow through with their proposal of foreign policy – a stand-off form of economic and democratic assistance - although it was up to the country whether or not to use this prod in the “right” direction effectively.
The U.S., during the time of the Cold War, felt that anyone against communism was a friend, and therefore promoted Zaire and its leaders, at least temporarily. During most of the 20th Century, Zaire (then called The Republic of the Congo) was ruled by Joseph Désiré Mobutu (Mobutu Sese Seko), a corrupt leader who seized the power for nearly 30 years, until he was later overthrown. The U.S. influence here was visible, in that the country gained independence from Belgium in the mid-1960’s. After Zaire received this independence from Belgium, it experienced five years of political mayhem. In 1965, army chief of staff
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Although Mobutu was a fraudulent leader, he was, like the U. Both situations – Nam and Zaire – you had America fighting a political war on communism, and not on a certain place, or people, hence the difficulties of actually becoming a victor in these battles. the cold war blanketed the entire specific areas, such as the Middle East or the Korean peninsula. (Mobutu) received his power from a coup. This was a reflection of how the country reacted towards communism in Vietnam, and how this situation although not mimicking Vietnam, reflected the U. America was apparently too focused at the time on abolishing communism, before it cared about that countries welfare. did not really exercise their foreign policies in the African region, and this is a possibility of why the economy of Zaire failed during the majority of the 1900’s. ” Clearly this was seen in Zaire, because of its crooked leaders and their tendency to bully their favorite government into action, but the sad part of all this is not just that we as a nation screwed up here, but in practically every other land foreign to us which we try to help, as well – Angola, Somalia, Ethipoia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Chile, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Iraq, Indonesia, India, Iran, Guatemala, and El Salvador – with the occasiona l, and minor exceptions. The main “reason for this inconsistency lies with the particular interests driving regional policy. His party, the Popular Movement for the Revolution (MPR), became the only legal political party, and rebels were “taken care of.
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