The primary goal of Western imperialism is to enable the unfettered operation of Western corporations and financial interests in the third world . In order to accomplish this goal, there are several kinds of tasks that need to be carried out. First, any third world government that puts national interests ahead of Western interests needs to be destabilized. This can be accomplished by invasion, arranged coup, or IMF policies which destroy the economy. Once a nation is destabilized, then either it restabilizes under a Western-friendly government, or it remains destabilized and occupation forces are needed to keep the people under control so corporate operations can continue. The US-UK axis typically takes on the front-line task of invasions and coup arranging. The occupation tasks, once major conflict ends, are then typically are typically taken up by the other Western nations, usually under the auspices of the UN. These occupation tasks are called 'peace keeping' in order to hide from those Western populations the nature of their imperialist role. Thus imperialism is unwitting, on the part of these populations, but it is typically intentional on the part of their government leaders. NGOs play an important role in imperialism, usually an unwitting one. Not only do they participate in the occupation regime, reducing the budget requirements of national occupation efforts, but they create an illusion that 'something is being done', which serves to placate Western populations. This is a brief outline. If you folks want to comment, we could explore this situation in greater depth. rkm
