Take a look at the bombing of Serbia in 1999. The US was quite open about the reasons for the bombing. A main reason was to preserve stability and credibility. Serbia was interfering with stability, meaning that it was the one part of the Balkans that was not integrated into the Western-dominated (mostly US-dominated) system.
Noam ChomskyThe American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.
Noam ChomskyThe entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained.
Noam Chomsky