Brian Terinoni
BA 3102
Professor Shaheen
November 10, 2016
“Why is the USA almost always at war?”
Today, almost no one can give an accurate answer to why the USA is almost always at war. Many Americans say that it is to protect our freedom. Whether it is to protect our rights and freedom or to control resources in other countries, there is most certainly a lack of ethics behind going to war that needs to be addressed.
Many Americans do not have a broad base feeling about why we are fighting in wars. However, I believe the U.S. is fighting for power and control of resources in other countries. Whether any American wants to believe it or not, freedom is not the sole reason why the U.S. is willing to go to war. When you look at the history of the United States, almost every President doesn’t like something somewhere in the world and is willing to dispense military force to fix it. We fight as a nation because we perceive that it is in our best interest to fight then Presidents will tell us it is about freedom and nice common values to make it sound like it is in our best interest when it is in fact much more that occurs behind the scenes. America is constantly seeking power. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense, ordered Paul Wolfowitz to write a grand strategy for the U.S. that without the Soviet Union, there was no one who could possibly approach the U.S. in military terms. The plan says that it should always be that way and our
For the longest time America has been known to ally with foreign countries, or be involved with few disputes in other countries. Yes, we need to trade and keep peace. However, what is better peace or to not be involved at all? Now, is a circumstance where we are stuck in Iraq and Afghan over issues such as terroristic activities but why did they start? America does have its own gas storage, not only that but there are areas where oil can be dug up from and bought from within borders and it could be sold amongst the few of us, instead we bought it from the middle east and when they fought amongst each other we got involved to keep the trade going, when it was none of our business. Yes World Peace is a great concept, But it doesn’t work, there will always be problems and trying to fix them only seems to make it worst, American forces should serve to defend and only attack after we’ve been attacked not used to help end civil wars or so on, it’s not our business, and most definitely not our problem but due to us stepping in, it becomes one.
attitude....Complete destruction of Poland is the military aim. To be fast is the main thing.
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