Syria, American Imperialism

In reply to a comment about the justification of America invading Syria to protect itself from Russian access to oil: 
 
    You make an interesting point.  Syria is the only country that borders both Iraq and the Mediterranean.  In addition to your statement about the Suez Canal I must point out that it would be much cheaper for us to move petroleum to the Mediterranean without having to go all the way around the Arabian peninsula.  However, I urge you to consider that this is only a part of the greater design of imperialism.  It is not only to control places for strategic purposes but to gain allegiances from its people.  In the old days (and even now in remote areas of the world) we used the men as mercenaries and the women for breeding.  Now we use both sexes for consumerism and call them liberated. 
    The original America was not evil, but ever since Manifest Destiny was deemed the Holy Grail it has lost sight of its original glory.  The founding fathers were geniuses and they had an enormous impact on the downfall of monarchy.  I am in favor of the democratic process, despite the fact that it doesn't seem to be working lately.  However, if you don't think America has a history of classic imperialism then you are more ignorant than I thought.  They don't teach us that the conquering of Native Americans was a genocide, but it was, and there's no argument against that.  What we did to them was even worse than Tibet- we took out thousands of tribes over a much larger area.  Then there were our attempts to conquer Mexico, Cuba, the Philippines and other Pacific Islands.  Those failed because we couldn't expand any longer; you can only occupy so much of the globe before it blows back on you.  We were bordered by two oceans and we didn't have the manpower to occupy half the world, just like every empire before us. Instead we found a new way to extend our influence: invade 3rd world countries, install "democracy" so we don't have to control them, and drain them of revenue by lending at ridiculous interest rates and ripping off their exports.  It was a new kind of imperialism we needed because we couldn't have kept expanding in the classical sense.  In fact I would argue that our imperialism is the greatest in history, since we've found a way to extend it beyond its physical limitations.  It's not nearly as oppressive as others but it does have more influence than them.  Economically it is the greatest empire ever built, but not politically.  I did not read this in any "propagandist" book; it is pretty straight forward if you look it with clear eyes. 
    Why do you think the entire world is against us invading Syria?  Is it because they appreciate that we've installed quasi-democracy everywhere?  No.  Our brand of democracy was a lie and everyone knows it.