The Need to Fall Back
Boom! A bomb detonates five feet away from you. Dust and debris fly all over the place. Bullets start raining in, shattering glass, and causing damage. The rain of bullets just landed in the back of everyone around you. Following the bloodshed, troops come in and evacuate your entire family on the basis that they are saving you. The troops move you to a refugee camp where your standard of living is ten times worse than it was before. In the past the United States has provided those troops in order to implement democracy in the Middle East. The United States started the Iraq and Afghanistan War with the motive of trying to create and enforce a democracy in the Middle East. Even with the United States’ efforts, there are only two democratic countries in the Middle East out of the 17 countries in that location. Since the harms outweigh the benefits, the United States should not attempt to enforce democracy in the Middle East.
When a country wants to interact with another global country, each must properly follow international law for that interaction to be considered moral and just. State sovereignty is the number one rule that can’t be broken when talking about international law. State sovereignty is defined by Gale Wheaton, a lawyer, as, “…to be any nation or people, …show more content…
The United States’ past attempts have led to backlash as seen with the number of terrorist organizations that have popped up soon afterwards. The neo-imperialistic actions of the United States are not met with open hands as seen with amount of backlash that occurs when intervening. Since the detriments outweigh the benefits, the United States should not go into the Middle East and try to enforce democracy. The United States needs to stop trying to enforce their own beliefs all over the world in order for a more peaceful global
Boom! A bomb detonates five feet away from you. Dust and debris fly all over the place. Bullets start raining in, shattering glass, and causing damage. The rain of bullets just landed in the back of everyone around you. Following the bloodshed, troops come in and evacuate your entire family on the basis that they are saving you. The troops move you to a refugee camp where your standard of living is ten times worse than it was before. In the past the United States has provided those troops in order to implement democracy in the Middle East. The United States started the Iraq and Afghanistan War with the motive of trying to create and enforce a democracy in the Middle East. Even with the United States’ efforts, there are only two democratic countries in the Middle East out of the 17 countries in that location. Since the harms outweigh the benefits, the United States should not attempt to enforce democracy in the Middle East.
When a country wants to interact with another global country, each must properly follow international law for that interaction to be considered moral and just. State sovereignty is the number one rule that can’t be broken when talking about international law. State sovereignty is defined by Gale Wheaton, a lawyer, as, “…to be any nation or people, …show more content…
The United States’ past attempts have led to backlash as seen with the number of terrorist organizations that have popped up soon afterwards. The neo-imperialistic actions of the United States are not met with open hands as seen with amount of backlash that occurs when intervening. Since the detriments outweigh the benefits, the United States should not go into the Middle East and try to enforce democracy. The United States needs to stop trying to enforce their own beliefs all over the world in order for a more peaceful global