▁the ▁so cio - e conom ic ▁el ite ▁who ▁control ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁have ▁purs ued ▁an ▁" Im per ial ▁Grand ▁Str ategy " ▁since ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁to ▁maintain ▁global ▁h eg em ony ▁through ▁military , ▁political , ▁and ▁economic ▁means . ▁He ▁arg ues ▁that ▁in ▁doing ▁so ▁they ▁have ▁repeatedly ▁shown ▁a ▁total ▁dis reg ard ▁for ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁human ▁rights , ▁in ▁stark ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁government ' s ▁prof essed ▁support ▁for ▁those ▁values . ▁He ▁further ▁arg ues ▁that ▁this ▁contin ual ▁purs uit ▁of ▁global ▁h eg em ony ▁threat ens ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁human ity ▁itself ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁increasing ▁pro l ifer ation ▁of ▁weapons ▁of ▁mass ▁destruction . ▁ ▁Draw ing ▁historical ▁examples ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁through ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Ch om sky ▁looks ▁at ▁the ▁US ▁government ' s ▁support ▁for ▁reg imes ▁responsible ▁for ▁mass ▁human ▁rights ▁ab uses ▁— including ▁eth nic ▁cle ans ing ▁and ▁gen o cide — nam ely ▁El ▁Salvador , ▁Colombia , ▁Turkey , ▁Israel , ▁Egypt , ▁South ▁Africa , ▁and ▁Indones ia . ▁He ▁also ▁discuss es ▁US ▁support ▁for ▁milit ant ▁diss ident ▁groups ▁widely ▁considered ▁" ter ror ists ", ▁particularly ▁in ▁Nic ar agua ▁and ▁Cuba , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁direct ▁military ▁inter vent ions , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁NAT O ▁bomb ing ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁Afghan ▁War ▁and