Why does the US feel they must police the world, Why has every US president since Truman invaded a country?

Answer 1

Iraq did not attack us
Afghanistan did not attack us.

We attacked them because of a small group of radicals attacked us.

Kind of like swatting a fly with a howitzer. Or would a nuke be a better description?

The arrogance on this thread is indicative of why we police the world.

If only they could see how we've created that monster.

According to a congressional study done in 2005, we sell to the world 35% of its arms. Some studies put that at 50% and I've seen questionable studies that put that at 60%.

Therefore, war and war production is big business.

It only stands to reason, when it comes to conflict and wars, follow the money first.

Peace

Jim

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Answer 2

It is my firm belief that the United States eventually does try to make the world a better place... but it often takes a couple of failed attempts before it settles on the right path: Afghanistan is a perfect example. Now, US economic interests, primarily in oil but also in business and manufacturing in the Middle east is immense, this leads us to look for ways to keep the political situation in the Middle East as stable as possible. If this means supporting autocrats ad dictators when it is easier, then so be it. Although I think by now we have learned that dictators only tend to worsen the problem over time by encouraging guerrilla insurgent forces. Being the largest economic and military power in the world it will be hard for the US not to become involved in these issues abroad. As China gains economic clout as our creditor and a manufacturing hub, you will begin to see the PRC become involved in overseas political problems as well.

Answer 3

Dwight Eisenhower warned us about the giant U.S. military-industrial complex. Ever since World War II, corporations like McDonnell-Douglass, Sikorsky, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing and United Technologies recognized the profitability of 'war'.
So all the politicians were bought up, pricey lobbyists were hired, and special interest groups with patriotic-sounding names were formed to promote and encourage more 'war'.
Thus, the U.S. was drawn into the Korean Conflict; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Cold War; Vietnam and Desert Storm - all so these 'war contractors' could boost their sagging profits after too many years of 'peace'.
Add to that the two 'newcomers' to the government war trough: the Carlyle Group and Halliburton both have direct ties to the Bush-Cheney White House, which is why we "had" to go to 'war' with Iraq, a sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States.
The Bush handlers lied to the American people, hoodwinked the U.S. Congress, and conned our valiant soldiers into believing the invasion of Iraq was for an honorable purpose, when - in fact - it was all about the Bush family 'getting even' with Hussein; the oil industry controlling Iraq's OIL; and the military-industrial complex making BILLIONS off the deaths of 675,000 Iraqis and 3,800 U.S. soldiers. -RKO- 09/07/07

P.S. THIS JUST IN: Bush keeps harping on Iraq's failure to meet U.S.-imposed 'benchmarks' - one of which is a non-military measure that provides for equal distribution of OIL profits among the Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. The truth is far more sinister: this is a power grab by the multi-national OIL conglomerates who have conspired with Bush and Cheney (two former oilmen) to add a provision wherein two-thirds of Iraqs oilfields would be made available to foreign oil companies for control of all oil drilling and extraction. Unlike Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iran - which control all of their own oilfields, this would be a massive profit bonanza for companies like Exxon-Mobil, British Petroleum and other oil giants.*

Answer 4

"Police the world" is newspeak for for control the world.

NSC-68 is the foreign policy document on which all foreign policy has been based ever after. It states that the US must intervene in the politics of any country in the world in order to secure its interests.

WHY? Why do empires seek to expand?

Answer 5

Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter did not invade any country.

Answer 6

Hate to say it buddy but the rest of the world is to chicken to make a stand then America has to. It's just to bad that we're too goody two shoes.. we should've just annexed the land our soldiers died on..

Answer 7

because it is our nature. how did we get this country? we invaded and stole it away

Answer 8

Because they declared war on us. Allowing a radical muslim state to get a nuke means the end of US

Answer 9

Because we were isolationist before WWII and all it got us was attacked.

Answer 10

They attacked us first brainiac!