Why Did America Become World Police

America is the country that proclaims itself world police and the protector of freedom and democracy. In 1880’s, the U.S. tried to isolate itself from the European politics but very soon people have realized that it is inevitable since America has common interests with European nations. America’s very first step in becoming world’s police was when President Wilson proposed the 14 points during the meeting in Versailles, which were 14 points that could provide world stability and peace. Despite the fact that Wilson’s proposition was disregarded at first, all of them got embraced after World War II. America has many foreign policies that help control and stabilize the world we live in and the main policies are: diplomacy, military, foreign aid,
Richard Nixon, even before being elected was talking about improving relation between USSR and China. When Nixon became the president, he immediately started talking to Russia and chine in order to bring the 25 year old conflict to the end. Another wise act from the side of American government where representatives realize that diplomacy is the key to world peace and stability. The same thing can be seen from the example of Egyptian-Israeli Treaty. There were multiple wars between Egypt and Israel in the past decades and zero since the treaty was signed. This is the last but not the least example when skillful diplomatic leaders were able to intervene in the conflicts of nations that couldn’t solve problems by themselves and in this case we can see why America is considered world’s
It is very well portrayed how peaceful language and skillful politics can solve most of the problems in the world. However, many of you would probably argue that military is the best tool to use these days, especially in the Middle East actions. People tend to think that special operations, bombings, drone strikes will solve the problems, defeat ISIS for example. But does war really seem to have success in resolving conflicts? If we have a look at previous military interventions from the U.S.’s part, we may see that most of them fail. It failed in Iraq, it failed in Afghanistan and it might fail in Syria. In last few years, America seems to devalue diplomacy and to shoot first and ask questions later, as in Iraq for example. How can you provide world stability and peace by blowing things