My Disbelief.

The belief that I chose to focus on, and one that bothers me the most is our (America's) almost unquestionable belief that America should be the "global police" of the universe. People who argue this case believe that it is our duty to ensure that people all over the world can enjoy the same "freedoms" that we have in the States. Supporters of this idea suggest that we seek to eliminate political leaders that we deem as being "evil" (typically non-democratic leaders) for the sake of those that suffer under tyrannical rule. People who hold true to this idea typically have no problem with invading foreign countries and staging coups headed by rebel militia. Even though many lives will be lost, as long as the end result is democracy, which in turn leads to the "greater good" of all the people, that is all that matters. People tend to think that we should regulate the actions and military development of other countries if it means that our allies and other countries are at risk, such is the case with our strong opposition to Iran trying to develop nuclear arms and Palestine trying to gain full membership to the United Nations, which would mean that the border dispute between Israel and Palestine would be left to the remaining members of the United Nations, most of whom have been very critical of the United States and Israel in the past.

As ideal as it seems for us to be the regulators (Nate Dogg reference!) I don't feel that it is our job; we simply haven't earned that right. Taking such approach is almost hypocritical because we have a long history of coming to blows with nations that would meddle in our business (check American Revolution, World War II, etc.) We cannot expect for other nations to happy with us telling them how to go about their business when we don't let them intervene in ours. I cannot support this idea because to me it seems like any struggle that we have been involved in has been for our own self-interest. It's hard to argue otherwise, especially considering that we still have bases in almost every country that our troops have ever stepped foot on, which means that we are practically all over the world. Although major combat operations have ended, we still find ourselves in Iraq, after having captured the entire country within the same month that we have entered and having killed Saddam Hussein. To me it seems that the the entire motive was control over oil and closer support for Israel, and the longer that we stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, the more people will begin to feel the same way. Certain aspects are admirable; we are among the first "superpowers"to give aid in terms of money and supplies to countries in desperate need and the first to encourage and recognize provinces that aim to form their own county. Although I appreciate that, I think that this is as "involved" as this country should be in foreign affairs, always there to lend a hand, but never govern and regulate!