Argumentative Essay On American Democracy

Over the past century in Americas history, we have waged various wars, and military coups in our effort to spread our understanding of democracy to other nations. We seem to be the police of the world in our constant engagement in foreign sovereign nations’ governments, we want to enforce our ways of governance upon foreign nations to spread our sphere of influence. Democracy is a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting or were everyone has equal rights. American democracy is constantly being enforced upon foreign nations that do not comply with America in the political sphere. The American regimes of the last century have constantly enforced their understanding of democracy upon foreign nations by brute force, coups, and diplomacy. American foreign involvement historically has been ineffective and has lead to unforeseen consequences such as power vacuums, chronic instability, and Collateral damage. George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq and subsequent fall of Saddam caused a power vacuum. The fall of Saddam and America getting rid of the Iraqi armed forces lead to there being no centralized entity to …show more content…
These people argue that America makes the world a better place by getting rid of oppressive regimes and leaders and placing governments that are democratic and believe that America should be policing the world. America promotes democracy through its foreign polices “ The findings show that democracy promotion is one of the most important sources for citizens ' support for U.S. troop deployment.” This is how various American occupations and military campaigns have occurred from Iraq, Vietnam, and Libya. The American people support the governments effort in spreading democracy. Military actions approving ratings go up when the people think the American government is promoting good abroad and making changes to the