Is the US wrong for getting involved in global issues?

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  1. chikeluba5

    chikeluba5 New Member

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    Hello everyone, I am glad to be here and this is my very first post.

    [h=2]"Is the US wrong for getting involved in global issues?" -- I do not think the US really has a choice, being the most powerful country on earth, and having with that the responsibility to help limit chaos globally, mostly of course, for its own interests and those of its allies.[/h]
     
  2. evelin

    evelin Well-Known Member

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    Lately, I've noticed that nothing that concerns US directly is, in fact, targeted by the US in order to make it something that would turn out to be in their favour, haha. I'm pretty sure this is not a good approach to take, but hey, I have never run a country, and am just bound to see the mistakes or successes our leaders commit. Too bad it's more failures usually!
     
  3. TheApollonian

    TheApollonian Well-Known Member

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    From my perspective the United States is acting as a policing state in the global community. It acts as defenders from other military powers like Russia and China, they're primarily defending the democracy and trade they've espoused. I guess their involvement is necessary as our world seems to be divided into two: socialists and liberals like good and bad or extremism and atheism. I suppose someone has to keep those in check, especially a state with military firepower.
     
  4. Rainman

    Rainman Senior Investor

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    The South China territorial dispute for example could have been solved amicably by the disputants but U.S involvement complicates things. The U.S's involvement in affairs that don't concern them have caused lots of problems for those who the U.S is purportedly helping. It's time the U.S government stopped trying to "micro-manage" the world because it can't.
     
  5. Scooby Snack

    Scooby Snack Well-Known Member

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    I love the idea of the United States giving AID where it can, but when it comes to regime-changing, neo-colonialism, things like that, that's where I jump ship. My philosophy is that we have enough of our own problems to tend to here at home; how on earth can we go policing the rest of the world when things here are so broken? Instead of intervening under the false pretense of spreading [insert some ideal here], why not rebuild from inside, and become an example for the rest of the world to follow? This doesn't mean ignoring outside threats or abandoning security, and I know it's oversimplifying a lot of issues on the world stage, but I think the "stones in a glass house" maxim fits pretty well here.
     
  6. nissi

    nissi Well-Known Member

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    I think it's important that we do. It should concern us with what's going on around the world. It just needs to be good decisions that we're making.
     
  7. pwarbi

    pwarbi Senior Investor

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    The US, as any country is, is part of the global community so as the right to express it's opinions and get involved just as any other country does.

    The main problem is the influence factor it holds, and while if a country like Jamaica came out and said were declaring war on terror, not many other countries would take much notice, but when the US or even the UK do the same, countries and people start to voice there issues and concerns.
     
  8. Alex

    Alex Senior Investor

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    The US learned its lesson from the Vietnam war, not to get involved in matters they did not fully understand. That's what the history books say, yet Bush (junior) obviously didn't read those books. The UN as a whole brings the nations together, and through that platform countries can choose to get involved.

    Some wars are domestic and therefore no state should 'legally' interfere, but some do as allies. When foreign hostages get taken, that's when the countries get involved as they have a reason to. Giving aid is different to sending in troops, so getting involved can mean more than one thing; support by charity work, or donate arms and troops by choosing a side.
     
  9. djordjem87

    djordjem87 Well-Known Member

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    I simply love Americans and their attitude. I am being straight forward sarcastic and i don't want to generalize but you see, i understand that if you have a good life you will stand behind the entity that is providing it. I really do. But it is up to all of us to accept for what it is and decide to be honest about it or to be a hypocrite. The US are the ones terrorising the world. They are pulling the strings and their change of heart about being involved in the conflict is simply choosing to be a hypocrite. You cannot say you would not like to participate in a conflict you created in first place. ISIS? REALLY? I realize you are a talkative people and so proud on your country, not all of you, but still i know some will not like this post and if we are live here you would shout and hand wave me to death. I am a Serbian guy and way more connected with real life than with fairy tales like people in America. I mean, your soldiers believe they go to other countries to fight for The US, for freedom of somebody or whatever. God Bless them if they believe they are victims if they start shooting people in some African country and they get shot. That usually happens when you pull a gun on an armed man in his country and start shooting at him. Long story short, The US is not able to stay out of this conflict. Whatever the government decide.
     
  10. anders

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    I remember prior to 9/11 people were attacking George Bush for being too insular! They said that America was too inward looking and not concerned enough with outside matters.

    Obviously all that changed after 9/11, but I sometimes feel that America can't win in some people's eyes no matter what they do.
     

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