In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter to the East India Company, essentially permitting that company to conduct business of behalf of the crown, on a for-profit basis, in which the shareholders would be the beneficiaries of that success, and of which, the English crown permitted the East India Company to create its own army and navy – thereby signifying that it was permitted to take up arms if need be, make treaties, sign contracts, and also to enforce taxation upon other nations as all being part and parcel of its makeup. In other words, the East India Company could conduct its business, essentially any way that it best saw fit, with the intent that by having that power, it would ultimately be of benefit to its shareholders as well as to the English crown.
All of the above basically makes good business sense, since governments are always in the need of treasure, trade, and monies – so that, it's fair to say that generals are at best, very good at making war, but probably not so good at extracting profit or exploiting resources out of foreign lands; whereas, corporations that are structured in which the shareholders are for a certainty, expecting a good return on their investment, are more flexible in understanding that while a sheep can be shorn numerous times, it can only be skinned, once.
In today's world, corporate power has never been stronger, and never has so much business been done by corporations that are being transacted outside of their home base. There are many mega-corporations that are absolutely dependent upon foreign trade, foreign resources, and foreign labor; and of which if any of such as that is upset, it upsets their profit and their business model, as well. Fortunately, for the United States, their military is not only the preeminent military might in the world, but it is also global. Additionally, we so find that for these important mega-corporations, that the military seems to be available for them, at their behest, essentially free of charge; though, of course, the costs for that military has to be borne somewhere, of which, primarily it rests heavily upon today's as well as tomorrow’s taxpayers.
This thus signifies that one of the reasons why this government gets militarily involved in so many foreign affairs, is to make sure that something, for example, as vital as oil as it is held in the middle east, is implicitly controlled or managed by the United States. So too, when it comes to other foreign lands that have critical minerals, it is necessary that the governance of these nations be structured in a way in which, their government is in lockstep and thereby in compliance with American business desires. That is to say, the game plan of America is to see that all avenues remain open for American corporations, to the degree that such can be accomplished; in which, by doing so, profits can be extracted and exploited from foreign lands, in every way so possible, which makes for good corporate profits, and provides justification as to why America carries such a big stick.