a good friend sent the following quote to me:

"we have 50% of the world's wealth, but only 6.3% of its population [...] our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity [...] we should cease to talk about vague and [...] unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards and democratization. the day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts". – george kennan, main architect of u.s. foreign policy following world war ii, 1948.

the quote can be found in several sources, e.g. in the articles learning from history by greg coleridge and "'crackpot realism' and u.s. imperial hegemonism in europe" by joseph gerson, american friends service committee.

the afsc launched a no more victims campaign.