Embassies & State Department's purpose is to be sales reps for US corporations http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/04/us-wiki-diplomacy-business-idUSTRE72335820110304?pageNumber=2

US State Department and Embassies play international sale rep.s for muiltinational corporations, "...in most cases the U.S. ambassador is now as much a "chief commercial officer" for American business interests as they are a diplomat." As for Europe, "in most cases the U.S. ambassador is now as much a "chief commercial officer" for American business interests as they are a diplomat."

[As i have always stated,the US government by its own admission,admitts its role in foreign policy or geopolitical aims is to safeguard the nations business interests.