But doesnt the country and its people have the right to govern themselves? Why force out own moral principles upon those who dont agree with it? The land of the free doesnt care about the freedom of others?
Posted by: MilitaryTheorist
Posted by: JohnyRL
But in a situation like what is currently going on in the middle east (you know what I'm talking about), why is there a need for World power intervention?
There are two rational reasons to the interventionism-esque foreign policy America has adopted since the end of World War Two.
1. America feels there is moral obligation that it owes the world as a capable and rich power. This notion primarily stems from the idea of American exceptionalism that has been ingrained both overtly and subliminally within our culture since the creation of the Declaration of Independence.
2. Is that most of these situations, end up affecting the integrity of the global security and economy. War, in principle, is never good for the economies of the world. It hampers trade, and lowers investment, thus hurting the capitalistic market. Moreover, in situations like these, where Weapons of Mass Destruction are fairly available to terrorist organizations, the securities of multiple western and non-western countries are put at risk by the instability of Syria.