What Happened to America? American ideals are the foundation for this great country's success. The most influential American ideals include democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality (founding ideals). However, when the United States of America enters into a war, they betray these ideals and betray the foundation they were built upon. A few actions committed by the United States that goes against everything they supposedly live for include the lack of freedom associated with the draft, miniscule amount of respect for other nation’s rights, and the equality coupled with war. Firstly, one of America’s most important ideals is freedom. Freedom is defined as “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint” (Dictionary.com). As a United States citizen all males at the age of eighteen must enlist in the army. This was made a law by the Selective Service Act passed on May 18, 1917 in order to keep up the reserves for World War 1. Despite the reasoning, this Act directly interferes with each and every man's right to freedom.
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In 2014, an interview was conducted between a reporter from RT and a professor from Georgetown University. On the topic of the conflict in Syria, the reporter asked “Can Obama go ahead (and invade syria) without permission, without any legal backing?” to which Professor Daoud Khairallah replied, “The US has done it before; it has done it in Iraq in 2003. It has done it without the approval of the Security Council and in clear violation of the charter of the UN” (rt.com). This interview confirms that the United States have entered other countries, not only lacking the permission from the country, but also from the
In 2014, an interview was conducted between a reporter from RT and a professor from Georgetown University. On the topic of the conflict in Syria, the reporter asked “Can Obama go ahead (and invade syria) without permission, without any legal backing?” to which Professor Daoud Khairallah replied, “The US has done it before; it has done it in Iraq in 2003. It has done it without the approval of the Security Council and in clear violation of the charter of the UN” (rt.com). This interview confirms that the United States have entered other countries, not only lacking the permission from the country, but also from the