Policeman of the World
Policeman of the World
It is common knowledge that by the 20th century, the United States had become the dominant force in international relations. Some have argued that the United States ' military functions as the world 's police. For centuries United States has been found as the world 's policeman regardless if they were asked for the help or not. In this paper I will highlight two instances in which United States intervene in an international matter. Also I will identify what prompted America to become a dominant force after World War II and what were the differences in the foreign policy before and after the war. Throughout the history United States has come across a lot of different situations in which we are either pushed to declare war against another country because we were threatened or we do it because we feel the necessity to save that other country from their enemy. Probably one of the biggest instances was after the September 11 terrorist attack in New York city. After this happened president Bush sent out troops to Afghanistan and declare war against them. In another note a more recent event was the Libyan attack known as: Operation Odyssey Dawn. It 's only purpose was to enforce a no-fly zone and to prevent the Libyan 's from attacking their own citizens. In 2012 troops were deployed to the border of Jordan and Syria to help contain the civil war that was happening within the border of Syria. As we can see from this few examples United States is always available to help other nations in need, sometimes regardless of what it might cost the country. The question that some citizens have is where do we draw the line and stop providing our military to other people. From a debate that was done in the subject about United States being the world 's police only 24% of the people agreed with the statement and the other 76% questioned why should we be the hero of everyone. Regardless of what we as citizens think the country still going to continue
It is common knowledge that by the 20th century, the United States had become the dominant force in international relations. Some have argued that the United States ' military functions as the world 's police. For centuries United States has been found as the world 's policeman regardless if they were asked for the help or not. In this paper I will highlight two instances in which United States intervene in an international matter. Also I will identify what prompted America to become a dominant force after World War II and what were the differences in the foreign policy before and after the war. Throughout the history United States has come across a lot of different situations in which we are either pushed to declare war against another country because we were threatened or we do it because we feel the necessity to save that other country from their enemy. Probably one of the biggest instances was after the September 11 terrorist attack in New York city. After this happened president Bush sent out troops to Afghanistan and declare war against them. In another note a more recent event was the Libyan attack known as: Operation Odyssey Dawn. It 's only purpose was to enforce a no-fly zone and to prevent the Libyan 's from attacking their own citizens. In 2012 troops were deployed to the border of Jordan and Syria to help contain the civil war that was happening within the border of Syria. As we can see from this few examples United States is always available to help other nations in need, sometimes regardless of what it might cost the country. The question that some citizens have is where do we draw the line and stop providing our military to other people. From a debate that was done in the subject about United States being the world 's police only 24% of the people agreed with the statement and the other 76% questioned why should we be the hero of everyone. Regardless of what we as citizens think the country still going to continue
References: • Schultz, K.M. (2014). Hist3 (3rd ed.). • Sagalyn, D. “U.S. Forces Lead Attack Against Lybia in Operation Odyssey Dawn.” PBS Newshour. (12/21/13) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/03/us-forces-lead-attack-against-libya-in-operation-audacity-dawn.html • The Guardia.“US sends troops to Jordan to help deal with Syria crisis”. (12/21/13) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/10/us-troops-jordan-syria-crisis • Debate. “Should the U.S. Be the police of the world?” (12/21/2013). http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-the-u-s-be-the-police-of-the-world