[lkm]

And have already done in most of the countries in question, hence their current troublesomeness.

[NoMoreLies]

But those can be corrupted even further in a way that's advantageus to us. We'll pay for a Coup dé Etat in the country.

It's what the CIA do.

[lkm]

That is only a valid tactic against a functional democracy accountable to its population who desire a successful econnomy. Unfortunately most of the 'troublesome' countries are neither functional nor democracies and so are free to persue priorities other than economic wellbeing.

[NoMoreLies]

What I meant was make it so all other nations that could cause trouble can't, because it would damage their economy almost irrepareably.

[lkm]

Em, quite the opposite I would have thought. Going to war with a country you owe money to has long been a traditional method of getting out of paying off your debts. It's actually a compelling reason for the US to commit to the war with China, China has so much foreign currency reserves that having them frozen would be seriously debilitating.