Why does the USA interfere in other countries?
An excellent question. I rather wish we wouldn’t.In my humble opinion, it’s the fault of the Holocaust. That taught a generation of Americans that terrible things happen when we stick our heads in the sand and ignore problems overseas.I also blame Japan and Germany, who were arguably “better” as a result of American intervention.That gave us the woefully mistaken impression that we could — in the words of JFK — “bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”Then came Vietnam.There are a lot of reasons for that debacle, the fear of communism perhaps foremost among them. But it should have taught us that sometimes our intervention makes things worse instead of better.We didn’t learn the lesson.And continue to skip class.I think our leaders honestly believe we intervene not for our own benefit, but to help the downtrodden. And it is hard to look at the devastation in Aleppo and say “not our problem” before turning away. And while we rarely admit it, our own national interests are right up there on the Motivations list, as shown by the Iraqi oil that Trump now wants to “take” as payment for destroying that country.But look at what happened when Obama tried to stay out of conflicts in the Middle East because he understood our chances of actually improving things were negligible. He was pilloried for showing weakness. The destruction in Syria was said to be his fault, a result of “lack of leadership”. The American public simply isn’t willing to hear “yes, it’s a horrible situation, but we can’t fix it so let’s stay the hell out.”They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That pretty much describes US foreign policy since 1945.
Why do American govt like poking their noses in other countries affairs?
What the f*** they think they're ... , There are many atomic countries but America think that he is the leader. I love America but I hate their this tendency ...
Why does America always involve itself in other countries' business? Is this a decision made by most Americans or only by their president?
The US gov decided to be the “protector of countries too small (or unable) to defend themselves��� after WW2. Since then, the gov has used this as an excuse for many wars, battles, skirmishes, etc. The US gov only gets involved to further their own interests: oil, land, resources. If American gov gave 2 shits about people and their quality of life, look at how they’ve treated Native Americans, Veterans, etc. Have they come out on top?The gov uses the media to “sell” their invading ideas to the people to get their support. So, if the 99% of people in the US don’t benefit from their gov’s actions, who do think pulls the strings?Most would love to see $$$ go into schools, infrastructure, economy, healthcare, etc. But instead we try to “create democracy” all over the world and destabalize countries to fuel our military industrial complex (war is HUGE $$$), politicians lie to get elected. We get tricked every time. We’re tired of it, that’s why Trump won. But, will he make anything better or worse?
Why does the USA always stick its nose in other countries' businesses?
a)To protect its own interests and resources and people. b)So that the ignorant and liberal can ask questions that make them feel self-important. c)Because we are the first country every other country asks for help.
Why do Americans stick their noses in every country?
I mean, I get it you are very powerful... but I was in class the other day and we were talking about Mexico's situation with the dug cartel wars and all... and everyone was saying like, "and why aren't we doing something about it?" or "and what is our government doing...?"... I am mexican... though I am studying here for college. I love America don't get me wrong, but why do you people think like you "should do something" it's like WE ARE OUR OWN CONTRY PEOPLE! haha although we have a crappy government and police... I just feel like you actually see it as your job... to go and save defenseless countries.. I think that's why the world "hates" you.... because as much as we would appreciate you removing all the cartels, we have our pride and I don't think most of the countries are just waiting for Americans to step in... Am I making sense?? I just wanna know where does that need to just "help" other countries come from? Like dude just mind your own thing... but thanks anyway, I mean y'all are trying to help but...
Why does America always involve itself in other countries' political matters?
Profit.Honduras became the prototypical “banana republic” precisely because there was a huge profit for American companies to make in tropical fruit production and sales. And inconveniently, bananas don’t really grow well in the continental US.And while US mythology tends to focus most strongly on the narrative of “Democracy versus Communism” that narrative does not square well with actions like overthrowing a democratically elected prime minister in Iran in order to bolster a hereditary monarch. But, of course, shortly after that, foreign oil companies were allowed back into Iran, although AIOC/APOC never really recovered its initial dominant position. Not to mention all the South and Central American charmers the US supported, like Pinochet, Armas, and the junta that took control of Brazil in 1964.Significantly, whatever success those dictators had against “communism” they all did open their nations to favorable trade with the US bloc, and reduced trade with the Soviet bloc.The United States shares a lot of cultural and political DNA with its colonial master, England. And American ambitions abroad weren’t so terribly much unlike those of the British Empire - meaning they’re mostly commercial ones. The US still hasn’t managed to entirely separate its mercantile ambitions from its political ones, as witness the 2003 invasion of Iraq. While the rhetoric from the administration was about “freeing the Iraqi people” and “weapons of mass destruction” a lot of the anti-war protestors took a more cynical view of the war’s underpinnings, with the slogan “no blood for oil.”I don’t think George W. Bush really ever intended to seize Iraq’s oil, since that would have entailed holding it - and a long, unpopular, occupation. In the eyes of the Bush administration it was about freeing 25 million Iraqis. But freeing those 25 million Iraqis from Saddam Hussein also meant ending the UN sanctions that had kept Iraq isolated from world markets. And if things had gone according to the rather fanciful and ill-informed plan, the success of US-planted democracy in Iraq would have led to the collapse of the clerical regime in Iran, and that’s another 75 million people to sell things to.Original question:Why does America always involve itself in other countries' political matters?
Why does the U.S. stick its nose in everyone's business (i.e.,Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and maybe Ukraine)? Why do we think we always know better, and it's our job to solve everyone else's problems?
"And maybe Ukraine"? Maybe?The US does have a bloody history. It does meddle, that's for sure. But there's a thing about politics: it's not because of what you think it is. It's because there's a world order and the US has every reasonable expectation to make sure that order endures forever. That order was built by the British, re-negotiated at the end of WWII and handed-off to the the Americans as the Cold War heated up. It's still largely in the hands of the US and Brits to this very day. In regards to each and every conflict, the US is merely doing the obvious thing that hegemonies do: make sure that its interests are secured. In the case of Vietnam and Korea, the US was ensuring that the USSR (and China) weren't able to expand their world order. Iran was the culmination of British petrol interests losing and the US coming to their aid to topple the old government and install a leader who was sympathetic to the Brits and Americans. Afghanistan was a case of the US working to destroy the USSR (who were, alternately, working to destroy the USA). The second time was to destroy AQ and the Taliban. Syria is currently a proxy war for the Russians/Iranians and the US/French/Brits/Saudi Arabia. Notice, at no time did I legitimize these actions. Only that when you remove invective and pique from the conversation and focus on the events, they tend to not surprise you as much. I would add that I think the US is failing in its leadership role, that it has a TON of terribly spilled blood on its hands, that I think Bush & Co. should be on trial for war crimes and that the ire that many feel for the US is well-earned. But, I'm also not surprised by American meddling, neither should you.