2006-09-04 14:02:11 · 11 answers · asked by JistheRealDeal 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No. Because each nation is sovereign, and subject to its own laws.
The US has no more right to enforce our laws on other countries, than other countries do to order us to follow their laws. In fact, the entire origin of the US was in opposition to the concept of one nation ordering another around.
The only 'right' the US has is to wage war to get what it wants. And that's not enforcing the law as police. That's imposing law, like an empire.
2006-09-04 14:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, we are really no better suited than anyone else to claim jurisdiction over world peace. The US has been acused of war crimes, political corruption, etc - - -what makes us qualified to mold the rest of the world into our image in a supposed effort for world peace?
I'm not saying that the US is a bad place to live - - but we have our problems too and if we become self proclaimed world police - -its like having the fox in the hen house.
Besides -- what standard for moral and ethics will we use? Social Relitivism? Absolutism? Who would determine that? How would it be enforced? You can't have one group making the rules for an entire world.
2006-09-04 14:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In John Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down" the soldiers occupying the town are discussing the situation their country is in. "We've conquered half the world, we must police it for a while."
I'm not comparing the U.S. to the soldiers in that book, but I am saying that we have an obligation to help out however we can. The problem is when we overstep our boundaries...
2006-09-04 14:09:23 · answer #3 · answered by Booth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless we want to hurt lots of people and make even more people hate us with a passion.
I think it's best to address what concerns us as a nation, but not go around interfering in things that we have no legitimate reason to be involved in.
2006-09-04 14:07:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I sure don't. The world doesn't contribute to our economy so we can police the world. Besides that, we can't even police ourselves, let alone anyone else.
2006-09-04 14:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO!! Let the countries kill each other and then we can take over the world without firing a shot.
2006-09-04 14:06:48 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We shouldn't have to be; however, the problem is that so many other countries send us their tired, their poor, their huddled masses yearning to breathe free... that we end up having to settle their problems over there, to keep them from spilling out onto our shores. Too bad, isn't it.
2006-09-04 14:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with corag. we also need to utlize our own resources here at home with our own problems, illegal immigration being one.
we police the world, while the world come in through our backdoor. NO WAY!!!!
2006-09-04 14:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... because policing is a local affair.
2006-09-04 14:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Morally and legally what right do we have to do that?
2006-09-04 14:08:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋