[mythrwy]

To me it doesn't appear the hope is actually that we leave the world better off then before.

Otherwise the actions of the US Military and intelligence services would be much different, with longer term consequences thought through and impacts on peoples lives taken into broader consideration.

To me, it looks like the hope is actually maintaining financial control of the resources of other nations. Every action I see indicates that.

But the US is hardly alone in this respect either, just the most recent example.