Policemen of the World final
Policemen of the World
Tisha K. Greene
Contemporary US History
Professor: Adam Mcbride
March 15th 2015
The world is filled with trials challenging American leadership. International issues from vehement terrorist to poverty demand shared resolutions. Sometimes these issues require a group effort to resolve. When nations cannot come together with a mutual understanding to resolve these issues, one country has to take the lead. This country is usually America. The presence of the United States military in Jordan in 2013 and Uganda in 2014 was necessary to eradicate insurgencies. In 2013 200 US soldiers were deployed to Jordan to assist with efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border. At this time there had already been 2 years of civil war, with an estimated 70,000 people murdered by President Bashar Assad. In a cnn.com article it is stated that President Barack Obama has said “President Bashar Assad must go.” President Obama at the time hadn’t sent military assistance to Syria to help the opposition forces in fear that it would extend fighting or that weapons would end up in the hands of terrorist. The Syrian civil war started in 2011 after Syrians started to protest about their unhappiness with the current political process. The government responded with extreme measures, killing and torturing civilians, who soon retaliated. (Starr) In 2014 President Obama sent US troops into Uganda to hunt down Joseph Kony, a fugitive rebel commander. Joseph Kony is accused of committing atrocities including kidnapping, rape and murder for the past 20 years. This wasn’t the first time the US tried to intervene in Uganda, during his office, President George Bush sent in advisers to train Uganda troops. (Anthony & Ed, 2015) I definitely believe that it is important for the US to step up and be a leader when it comes to helping countries that are in dire need of aid. In my community I am not a policeman, but if I saw a neighbor in
Tisha K. Greene
Contemporary US History
Professor: Adam Mcbride
March 15th 2015
The world is filled with trials challenging American leadership. International issues from vehement terrorist to poverty demand shared resolutions. Sometimes these issues require a group effort to resolve. When nations cannot come together with a mutual understanding to resolve these issues, one country has to take the lead. This country is usually America. The presence of the United States military in Jordan in 2013 and Uganda in 2014 was necessary to eradicate insurgencies. In 2013 200 US soldiers were deployed to Jordan to assist with efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border. At this time there had already been 2 years of civil war, with an estimated 70,000 people murdered by President Bashar Assad. In a cnn.com article it is stated that President Barack Obama has said “President Bashar Assad must go.” President Obama at the time hadn’t sent military assistance to Syria to help the opposition forces in fear that it would extend fighting or that weapons would end up in the hands of terrorist. The Syrian civil war started in 2011 after Syrians started to protest about their unhappiness with the current political process. The government responded with extreme measures, killing and torturing civilians, who soon retaliated. (Starr) In 2014 President Obama sent US troops into Uganda to hunt down Joseph Kony, a fugitive rebel commander. Joseph Kony is accused of committing atrocities including kidnapping, rape and murder for the past 20 years. This wasn’t the first time the US tried to intervene in Uganda, during his office, President George Bush sent in advisers to train Uganda troops. (Anthony & Ed, 2015) I definitely believe that it is important for the US to step up and be a leader when it comes to helping countries that are in dire need of aid. In my community I am not a policeman, but if I saw a neighbor in
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