America effectively used the same ‘Oh, we’re only here to do business’ / ‘protect our citizens’ strategy against the Indians, the Spanish, and Mexico. However effective productive were the results and despite how incompetent were the victims, ends do not justify means. I fear that we were merely being used by the money powers that lay outside our comprehension, effectively employed to enable a global financial governance.
True, but in both cases, the alternative was/would have been worse. Other empires or countries would have eliminated the Native Americans totally.