Why did truman ask congress for funds for greece and turkey?
they were allies of the united states.
they were threatened with communist takeovers.
they came under the protection of nato.
the united states promised them funds at the yalta conference.

I believe the answer is: They were threatened with Communist takeovers.

This happen during the cold War period. At that time, the soviet union spread their military influence toward Greece and Turkey in order to spread their ideology. Truman ask congress to fund greece and Turkey in order to increase their military power and fight off the communist influence.

since most of current immigration into the u.s., both legal and illegal, is coming from latin america. it would be very difficult to imagine or rationalize a country my fellow citizens are trying desperately to flee into, would pose a threat to my prosperity or freedom. since the u.s. has a long history of intervention, but no record of permanent occupation, i would not feel oppression is the main objective.  

the largest free trade nation, along with the largest gdp in the world wanting to expand it's economic policy on us, and including us, could only be positive. the u.s. government has no interest in, or way of simply forcing american culture on us. and has no track record of it. other nations that adopted american social culture, or "americanization" did so voluntarily, mainly through the choice of allowing american businesses and u.s. citizens to come into their nations, as free operatives.

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without