america's role in the world, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel. etc

America’s role in the world, The Iraqi War, The War on Terror and The Israel -Palestine Conflict and the role of the United Nations
America is one of the youngest countries in the world yet it is the most powerful and strongest. We are (were) the number one super-power in the world. However, America up until World War I and World War II held an isolationist policy. We maintained a certain level of self-sufficiency and pretty much kept to ourselves. However, after World War II, America suddenly became the world’s police. (This is not to say that America did not get involved in foreign affairs before that time period.) Ever since World War II, America has felt the need to step in on the affairs of numerous countries around the world. However, they seem to pick and choose their batles. Why was it ok for America to get involved with the Genocide that occurred during World War II to the Jewish people, the gypsies, the disabled and any known supporters of Jewish people? Why did they feel it was in their best interest to get involved in that? However, there is currently a genocide occurring in Darfur and America has yet to take any real action in stopping it? This is only one example of America picking and choosing its battles. What about Rwanda? The current Russia-Georgia conflict? Is it America’s place to get involved in these global issues?
Whether you agree with the Iraqi War or The War on Terror, what is your opinion about it? Americans were told shortly after September 11, 2001 that we would be going to war with Afghanistan because that is were Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the attacks, was hiding. Just a few months ago was the seventh anniversary of that tragic day and we are still in Afghanistan looking for a man who seems to be like a ghost. We took down a ruthless regime, the Taliban, in the mean time.
In the midst of that we entered Iraq because of supposed Weapons of Mass Destruction and to take down another ruthless dictator. It has been five years that we have been in Iraq now and although Saddam Hussein has been removed from power not much else has changed. Soldiers and innocent Iraqis are dying daily yet no WMD’s have been found. So
when does America say enough is enough?
While that is all occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan, America is contuning its support for Israel as the Israel-Palestine conflict wages on. Many view the Palestine-Israel conflict as hopeless case. They say nothing can be done. That region has always been in turmoil and according to those nay-sayers, it will always be in turmoil so just let them be. Should America be taking a more active stance in finding a solution to this conflict or is this were America picks and chooses? Yes, America has always supported Israel morally, economically and militarily. However, is it their job to try to find a solution to this conflict?
What do all these things have to do with each other? What is happening in Rwanda, Darfur, Georgia and Israel/Palestine should fall under the United Nations control. However, there is one slight problem with that. The U.N. is a peace-keeping force. They are not allowed to shoot unless they are shot at. They are not allowed to intervene unless the situation becomes hostile towards the U.N. peacekeeping troops. The U.N. essentially has no power. Especially when the Rwandan genocide occurred, this was a clear example of the U.N.’s amount of power.
So should America act as the U.N.’s puppets and be the ones to take control of global crisis’s? America has acted as mediators to numerous crisis’s around the world. However, America is a damned if you do and damned if you don’t type of situation. If America does not get involved they risk their position as a super-power. But if they do get involved they get labeled as imperialistic and nosy.