Do you think that the USA's unspoken goal for the world is "Make the world the United States of America"?

Question

If so, why do you think so, if not why do you think not?

Answer 1

Maybe the Neo-cons, but not the rest of us.

I firmly believe that Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, and the Freedom to Assemble should be the world standard.

However, I don't think force is the best way to spread Democracy. I think the current adminstration is making the world less safe and less free.

Iran had a reformist president before Bush called them Evil - now they have a Fundamentalist who was an organizer of the '79 revolution. And look where we are with them.

Force cannot spread Freedom unless the entire world is truly under threat (i.e. WW II).

Answer 2

No Americas unspoken goal is "make the world free." Since 1945 to today America has brought freedom to 1 billion people around the world.

Here is a list of the countries America has freed or protected with force or threat of force from Dictators, Nationalist Socialism, Religious Fanatics, and Communism, and are still free today thanks to America.

1945-50 Population freed
Japan 127,463,711
Philippines 89,468,677
Micronesia 108,004
W. Germany 44,500,300
France 60,876,136
Italy 58,133,509
Belgium 10,379,067
Netherlands 16,491,461
Norway 4,610,820
Solomon isl. 552,438
Denmark 5,450,661
Israel 6,352,117
Marshall Isl 60,422
Luxembourg 474,413
Guam 171,019

1950`s
Korea 48,846,823
Taiwan 23,036,147
Austria 8,192,880

1960`s
Dominican Rep. 9,183 984

1970`s
Thailand 64,631,984*

1980`s
Grenada 89,703
Nicaragua 5,570,129
El Salvador 6,822,378
East Germany 37,922,905
Poland 38,536,869
Romania 22,303,552
Bulgaria 7,385,367
Hungry 9,981,334
Czech Rep 10,235,455
Estonia 1,324,333
Latvia 2,274,735
Lithuania 3,558,906
Slovakia 5,439,448
Russia Fed 142,893,540
Panama 3,191,319
Albania 3,581,655

1990`s
Kuwait 2,418,495
Bosnia Herzegovina 4,498,976
Croatia 4,494,749
Serbia Montenegro 10,832,545

2000-2006
Afghanistan 31,056,997
Iraq 26,783,383
Lebanon 3,874,050
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total 963,955,398 people free( Jun 2006 est.**)

Yes that's almost 1 billion people, over the last 60 years, given freedom or feedom was preserved and are still living free thanks to the so called Imperialist Empire of the United States of America. (give or take 25 million)

* Thailand was the US supported Domino that stopped Communist expansion in SE Asia.
**Populations from World Factbook.

Answer 3

Spreading democracy has nothing to do with making the world the USA. The USA wants other politically and economically oppressed nations to progress and become economic partners with the USA and other nations of the world. Most nations around the world are not democracies and when you look at how their economy compared to the standard of living their citizens have, they live below a standard that could be considered human. This is one reason why the USA wants to spread democracy and freedom. Because we know that people who are free and have economic freedom in a democratic society are happy people and do not oppress others around the world.

Answer 4

Some people think that the USA has too much authority over the world. Consider the movie, "Team America: World Police".

Answer 5

No..I think the outspoken goal is to make the country safe for Americans...legal Americans.
Is the US a Superpower...of course. Are we happy to be? who wouldn't....that's like asking a homeless person if they wouldn't rather live in Beverly Hills....but it doesn't mean that we are trying to take over the world....look at us after WWI, when we had the chance but did not...

Answer 6

There may be an element of that in the thinking. The basic idea is to, as our Constitution states in the Preamble, "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." If we can turn the troublemakers of the world into reasonably democratic and productive countries, their people will be happier and less likely to cause mischief for the rest of us.

Answer 7

I think that you have been loitering on the Grassy Knoll waiting for the Free Masons and the Black Helicopters to take over the country. Go with the Orange Kool Aid

Answer 8

Sure looks that way. Every culture in the world is being ruined with WalMarts, MacDonalds, Starbucks, and WalGreens to name a few.

Answer 9

I don't think the US wants the rest of the world to be part of the US, because then we would have to share what we have with them fairly. I think the US just wants to exploit the rest of the world to get what the US wants from them.

Answer 10

No we have enough on our plates as it is.
We would save a lot of lives and money if we didn't have to help every country that cried poor me.