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Vietnam suffered due to US action in supporting South Vietnam in the Second Indochinese War (called the Vietnam War in the USA and called the American War in Vietnam). The Second Indochinese War cost over 2 million Vietnamese lives, destroyed the Vietnamese economy and was an extension of the First Indochina War in the eyes of the Vietnamese. There wee numerous US soldiers who massacred Vietnamese civilians. Additionally, during the Second Indochinese War the United States used numerous defoliants (products to kill plants) in order to more effectively move through the dense Vietnamese jungles. A number of these defoliants (especially Agent Orange) caused mutations and diseases in both Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and US servicemen. A number of US servicemen have successfully sued for compensation for their injuries, but there have never been any reparations paid to Vietnam for this injustice. Further the isolation that Vietnam received from its previous Communist benefactors after the war combined with the isolation that US gave to Communist Vietnam to promote economic problems. However, Vietnam and the United States were able to have a rapprochement in the 1990s and Vietnam is increasingly looking to the United States to help preserve its independence from China.

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Partially it is due to religious views in Iran. In their view the American lifestyle goes against Islamic law, thus making us sinful. Additionally, the U.S. is allied with Israel a primarily Jewish-controlled country that was set up largely in place of the mostly Islamic-controlled Palestine. Iran and other Islamic nations resent the U.S. support of Jewish control over what Christians Jews, and Muslims alike regard as the Holy Land. However, part of it has to do with the direct relation in history history of the U.S. with Iran. In 1953 a joint operation of U.S. and British intelligence agencies, headed by Kermit Roosevelt of the CIA, incited a coup that overthrew the popular and democratically elected Mohammad Mosaddegh after he declared plans to nationalize oil fields owned by British oil companies. In his place they installed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, popularly known as the Shah. He was a brutal dictator and his rule was supported by the U.S. until his overthrow in 1979. After his overthrow he was taken into the U.S. for medical treatment, which sparked much resentment among the Iranians, and some in Iran feared the U.S. would try to reinstall him. This history has brought about a strong dislike and distrust for the U.S. in that country.
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Students of political science become aware that in the sphere of government policies are often related to positions of power. When Abraham Lincoln was serving in the House of Representatives he shared the same view on presidential control on US foreign policy and troop deployment as did Representative Richard Nixon in 1951. Both believed that the president was exceeding his authority concerning the deployment of troops as it related to foreign policy. Then the presidents were Polk, and later, Truman.When their positions of power dramatically changed, they held the opposite view. That change occurred when both Lincoln and Nixon became US presidents.

So often politics is seen through the scope of personality rather than that of public policy and the rule of law.

Open Door Policy

The United States maintains a mission in Cuba known as the U.S. Interests Section. While not an official embassy, it is charged with acting as a liaison service.

Yes, it does.

Lessons learned from past experiences to inform new initiatives

It is Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Nativism.

It depends entirely on who is in power in Lebanon. When the Christians in Lebanon have more power, they pursue a more Pro-US orientation because they can see the US a security guarantor. When the Shiite Muslims in Lebanon, especially Hezbollah, have more power, they pursue a more hostile anti-US orientation because they see the US a shill for the Israelis. The US has a functional relationship with Lebanon, but no serious alliances, military agreements, or trade agreements between the US and Lebanon.

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As China's economy and military are growing, the Chinese government has become more aggressive as concerns key US interests in East Asia, such as (1) weakening North Korea, (2) preserving Taiwanese independence, and (3) supporting the territorial claims US allies like the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia in the South China Sea.

Prior to the British, French, and Israeli Invasion, the State Department already had a few objectives as concerns Egypt. They wanted to prevent a second Arab-Israeli War and they wanted to keep the Suez Canal in European hands since its nationalization could have a negative impact on the passage of freight (and petroleum) from the Persian Gulf to Europe and the Americas. In 1956, Nasser, President of Egypt, decided to nationalize the Suez Canal. It was in retaliation that the British, French, and Israelis invaded Egypt in an attempt to compel Egypt to return the Canal to European control.

US President Eisenhower's response was to attempt to negotiate a compromise where Egypt would be allowed to maintain control over the Suez Canal provided that they paid the British compensation for the nationalization and did not restrict trade (meaning that they would follow the Constantinople Convention of the Suez Canal of 1888). However, Eisenhower was opposed to any military action in the Middle East and compelled the British, French, and Israeli forces to withdraw from sovereign Egyptian territory. These events led to the Eisenhower Doctrine, which pledged that the US would distribute economic and military aid and, if necessary, use military force to contain communism in the Middle East.

Yes, Both the Polar Bear Expedition and the American Expeditionary Force Siberia, landed In the Ports Of Arkhangelsk, and Vladivostok to Intervene In the 1920's October Revolution and fought against the Reds.

As early as 1817, the executive agreement became an instrument of major foreign policy matters.This revolved around the limitation of naval forces on the Great Lakes. President Monroe and Great Britain reached an accord on this matter.

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Iran hostage crisis

They opposed detente

This question makes an incorrect underlying assumption, namely that the United States began paying any sort of compensation to Japan for the atomic bombing. The United States at no time made any such payment and as a result, it cannot still be paying them.