Bush's Cold War
For fifty years, the total purpose of American foreign interaction was to stop the spread of Communism. Only the threat of annihilation could prevent the citizens from rolling back into their traditional isolationism. George Washington himself preached that the United States should stay out of European affairs, and his people didn't forget that. Keeping their noses out of Europeans' business was like second nature. Unfortunately, the Cold War changed that. If the US wanted to keep its allies democratic, or at least dictatorial, it would have to give them a reason to stay that way. In Eastern Europe, countries were given money and other supplies to keep themselves out of poverty. Impoverished people tend to tu
By the time the USSR broke up in 1991, the American people were used to meddling in foreign affairs. The crazy Communists with their Cold War required Americans to become vigilant, even aggressive with their neighbors. In South America, harsh dictators were supported only because a dictator is not going to let his people turn against him. I think the American people should try and get back to those simpler times. If the European Union decides to shun the US, a crippling amount of trade will be lost. The only reason the United States was allowed to interfere in the Cold War was because the other democratic nations were just as afraid of Communism. For the longest time, this plan worked. He wants to make a War on Terrorism, and anyone suspected of harboring terrorists or terrorist motives is forfeit to the war. This policy has been imitated in Bosnia, Kosovo, and partially in Iraq (after no Weapons of Mass Destruction were found, Bush tried to turn this into a war to save the Iraqi people). If the US continues to meddle in other people's business, it will make some powerful enemies. However, fifty years is a long time. Sitting back and funding internal improvements and the economy no longer appealed to the "Great Society".
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