Based on the United States’s past history in intervening in the affairs in other nations, it is best that this nation’s “moral responsibility” should lie right here on the home front. In addition to the U.S.’s interventions being notorious for blowing up in our face, there are several domestic issues that could be addressed if the same amount of attention was placed on them instead of on nations halfway across the globe. American intervention in seemingly hostile situations in foreign nations dates back as far as the early 20th century. After the second world war, the U.S. saw the “evils” that communism brought to the countries within its grasp. Those working within the foreign policy developed a doctrine called “containment” which would hinder communism from influencing any surrounding areas. Throughout the decades, the government would go to tremendous heights to keep the free world free.
In trying to prevent the communist nation of North Vietnam from spreading its practices in the southern region, the United States took heavy risks to deploy as many troops as possible. Instead of the draft, the government would allow any volunteer willing to put his or her life on the …show more content…
Consequently, intervention in the name of “moral responsibility” isn’t the best decision in terms of foreign policy. Some might say that we have every right to intervene in other countries being torn apart by war because the war may spread (Ghitis 3). While this may be true, stepping into an affair that doesn't concern a certain party may escalate aforementioned affair. Instead of solving problems with diplomatics, we resolve to shells and bullets. This does nothing but fuel the anger of the people and creates more of an opposition instead of an alliance. We cause actual rivers of blood to flow through the streets of places that we are convinced we are saving and wonder why we receive terror
In trying to prevent the communist nation of North Vietnam from spreading its practices in the southern region, the United States took heavy risks to deploy as many troops as possible. Instead of the draft, the government would allow any volunteer willing to put his or her life on the …show more content…
Consequently, intervention in the name of “moral responsibility” isn’t the best decision in terms of foreign policy. Some might say that we have every right to intervene in other countries being torn apart by war because the war may spread (Ghitis 3). While this may be true, stepping into an affair that doesn't concern a certain party may escalate aforementioned affair. Instead of solving problems with diplomatics, we resolve to shells and bullets. This does nothing but fuel the anger of the people and creates more of an opposition instead of an alliance. We cause actual rivers of blood to flow through the streets of places that we are convinced we are saving and wonder why we receive terror