Suffice it to say, the people of Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor and North Korea might beg to differ with this account.
Moving on to the Middle East, the U.S.-created disasters in Iraq and Libya barely get a mention and only in passing when speaking of ISIS. The origins of ISIS -- from the chaos of the Iraq invasion and its aftermath is omitted.
Instead, we get an explanation of ISIS only as being the fault of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad whose "brutal repression of Syria's majority Sunni population that has created both the massive exodus and the increase in support for jihadist groups like ISIS."
In addition to this false narrative of the relationship between ISIS and Assad, regime change in Syria is still called for: "Any such political solution [in Syria] must include the departure of Al-Assad." For all the platitudes about democracy, the Syrian people are not to be consulted about this proclamation from Washington.
Furthermore, the authors call for a no-fly zone. This, despite the fact that American military leaders have acknowledged that such a policy would be a humanitarian disaster and that it would put the U.S. toe to toe against the world's other nuclear superpower. Russia currently has the S400 system in place in Syria, effectively creating its own de facto no-fly zone.
None of this has stopped 50 employees in the State Department (the department of diplomacy) from expressing their opposition to president Obama's demurrer at going all in militarily in Syria as the WSJ reported last week, speculating that this is designed to grease the skids for what the Neocon/Liberal Interventionist-infested State Department hopes will be a more hawkish occupant in the White House in January 2017:
The internal cable may be an attempt to shape the foreign policy outlook for the next administration, the official familiar with the document said. President Barack Obama has balked at taking military action against Mr. Assad, while the Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton has promised a more hawkish stance against the Syrian leader. Republican candidate Donald Trump has said he would hit Islamic State hard but has also said he would be prepared to work with Russia and Syria.
Secretary of State, John Kerry, is reportedly in solidarity with this position. This should put to rest any notions that have been bandied about that Kerry is a force for restraint in our foreign policy as his reckless and shrill comments back in 2013 evidence. Interesting insight into this is provided by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, who attended a meeting recently with Obama in which Kerry was present. When the discussion turned to Syria, Kerry made it clear through his body language and gestures that he disagreed with Obama's more moderate approach to Syria,according to Wilkerson.
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