US's Poilcy

THEWAULRUS · 12-16-2006, 05:40 PM

Since the end of World War Two US main goal was to spread Democracy everywhere. Apparently they could not stand other governments. Vietnam, Cold War, Iraq... So my Question is this. Who gave them the right to spread Democracy to countries that function "perfectly" without it? And why is it Americas duty to do so? Why do they not just concentrate on their own country, trying to make the democracy better than it is. If a country can function without democracy, it DOESN'T need it, now does it? If a country is functioning alright without democracy, and can do so for a long period of time, who gives the right for US to come in and just change their government and then say something like It wasn't working out for them and such.

Your views?

FourBear · 12-16-2006, 08:37 PM

You have asked the same question I've been asking myself for a long time...who or what gave the United States to dictate the actions of other sovereign countries? While in *some* instances it has proven to be a good move, in others it has not. Who knows how many leaders the U.S. installed who later became dictators.

THEWAULRUS · 12-16-2006, 09:05 PM

Some times, the U.S. intereference was a good thing, I agree. But most of the time it has proven that it is not.

PhoenixReborn13 · 12-17-2006, 12:11 AM

Well, it started with this thing called "Manifest Destiny". We just ran out of land, so we had to start going in other countries.

THEWAULRUS · 12-17-2006, 12:12 AM

Is it a Good thing?

PhoenixReborn13 · 12-17-2006, 12:19 AM

Any time someone imposes their will upon another, I find it a bad thing. If humanity as a whole just followed universal morality that is bred into each and everyone of us, we would have no need for government, money or anything of the like.

THEWAULRUS · 12-17-2006, 12:22 AM

Anarchy eh? Universal anything is impossible. Nothing can be absolute, not even time. People are prone to be corrupt and lie. That's part of what makes us human. A good part, no. Does it exist? Indeed.

PhoenixReborn13 · 12-17-2006, 12:30 AM

Oh, I wasn't saying that it was possible.

But I do believe that there are a set of rules that most people are born with inbred into them. Does society, culture and religion sometime draw us away from these 'rules'? Yes. Do we as humans knowingly go against them from time to time? Sure. Are they still there? Meh. I believe so. But that's the beauty of belief. I'm not stating it as fact.

**The An-Jel** · 12-17-2006, 03:18 PM

Resources... Capitalism needs resources. It ain't about Democracy... it is the Freedom to get richer and richer no matter the cost in lives. Justice? No such thing.

mplltt · 01-20-2007, 03:03 AM

How do you think we are supposed to run policy when it needs to be written on the moment and changed every time there is a problem that cannot be solved with a poll or lobbies? The problem with people is that they cannot have enough control. The problem with government is that it has too much control and can't get anyone to agree with them. The cool thing is that there is a Justice department that addresses the problems with people day to day that influences how people live interpretively hence, influences foriegn policy. I think this is far stretched but Angel's idea about

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Originally Posted by An-jel

Resources... Capitalism needs resources. It ain't about Democracy... it is the Freedom to get richer and richer no matter the cost in lives. Justice? No such thing.

is problably the way that everything sifts out to. I am not a political scientist. I am not a Lawyer. I am not a politician. I do vote, so I have a voice.