Many US liberals are so suspicious of US foreign policy that they fall into the trap of erasing and disparaging the struggles of societies whose dictators happen to be anti-US. This is why US progressives have a Syria problem. And an even bigger Iran problem. W

What's happening here is that they're centering internal US politics so much that they're okay with marginalizing the voices and experiences of people elsewhere who demand their freedom and human rights. This isn't anti imperialism, it's actually a symptom of neocolonialism.

To date I haven't come across a single prominent US progressive voice willing to show humility and self reflection on these topics (I'd love to be proven wrong). Reminder, we aren't US politicians or even citizens. We care about your struggles but our primary job is our struggle.

Progressives need to figure out what a progressive foreign policy looks like. Or at least have the humility to raise the question. Hint: If you acknowledge that the US has acted as a colonial power, the only sensible progressive foreign policy would be a decolonial one.

Decolonial foreign policy:
1. Uproot the colonial establishment
2. Uproot the the apparatus of subjugation it has directly or indirectly created
3. Actively reverse the colonial narrative
4. Heal the relationship towards one based on partnership, not subjugation

This is all complicated by the fact that the US will be a superpower for a while. It's the only country that can project power anywhere on the globe, has favorable demographics, no regional threat and is pretty much uninvadable. Unless, of course, it destroys itself from within.