And will go to any lengths to maintain mastery. Bribes, appeasement, war, coups, assassinations - whatever it takes. It respects nobody's borders not even its own. No country in the history of the world has matched the American long- standing military power which it uses to intimidate the rest of the world. It makes no difference whether it's an internal problem or not.
Power is power.
And if innocent people are killed because of this, so what. When you have muscle, you can appoint yourself. And if their own people are wanting, that's tough. The Mexicans, Bosnians, Hmongs, Moslem Albanians, etc. are just as important and they have greater needs. Interesting might also be that the women were much less informed and opinionated than men.