torsdag 20. november 2008

US FOREIGN POLICY

I think the way the US is acting now, especially after 9/11, with a focus on preventing terrorism from taking place, is wise in the first place. However, as a consequence, USA is also acting like a world police. Of course, it is the only superpower in the world, and they have all means necessary to invade and take control over whatever country they feel is a threat to their safety, but that doesn't mean they have to use it. At least not use it without enough evidence. When they invaded Iraq 5 years ago, I remember the first think that came to my mind, was why. I learned what the government had told the world, about the "weapons of mass destruction" and Saddam Hussein's support to terrorism. Some people have had their lives turned upside down the last few years, and for some it eventually had a good outcome. Unfortunately not for all. Some claim the hole act from the US, was in vain, and did nothing good to the country. 

In the first place, preventing terrorism is a good thing to do, of course, but that doesn't mean the US can invade other countries, claiming that the country have weapons of mass destruction, without enough evidence. By the looks of it, it seems the US are marching through one nation after another, conquering it all. That is not the way I think USA wants us to look upon the nation, although they give us few other choices.

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