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Ameri-lateral n.
When the US decides completely on their own and against the stern advice of basically all of their closest allies to commit to a military or covert, pseudo-military action. Usually the US's fan club will join in, despite not being consulted, not being provided with all the evidence/intelligence, and it not being in their best interest. See: US intervention in Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq 2.
As for the Bay of Pigs, I suppose you don't think the US bears any responsibility? Didn't we have a large part in planning and didn't we basically fund the entire thing? This is not dissimilar from how the US used the Mujahideen to fight the soviets in Afghanistan. We trained them, we armed them, we funded them.... but we don't get to think of the US as bearing responsibility?
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