Indeed the United States of America is becoming a rogue superpower all thanks to it loosing the high moral standing that it has enjoyed for a couple of decades in the past. This can mainly be attributed to its foreign policy, political, judicial and even diplomatic standing on issues that are affecting not only the US but other nations that it relates with (Blum 13). This is true because the US has always wanted to use its status as a yardstick with which other nations of the world are measured, something that does not resonate well with the rest of the well.
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A few instances try to explain this phenomenon, for instance, its stand on nations like Libya, Iran, North Korea and even Cuba. By all standards laid down by the USA, These nations are rogue simply because they are thought to sponsor terrorism and that they have not conformed to international standards of morality. The US has therefore used its powers to interfere with what these nations engage in. This in most cases is not done in a positive way but rather by use of force as was evidence in the most recent case of interfering with the sovereignty of a country like Libya in the recent past.
The US has embraced both war and peace in the 21st century when these two are not supposed to coexist. When Iraq was seen as a threat to world peace, the US took it upon itself to bring “sanity” into the world by going in there to smoke out Sadaam Hussein in an effort to curb what was then seen as threats to world peace. This kind of attack portrayed America negatively on the world map in terms of its relations with the rest of the world because not every nation of the world supported it anyway (Blum 63). Yes it may be a super power but it handled the situation single handedly as if the Iraqi threats only focused on the peace of the USA and not the rest of the world. Indeed, by isolating itself and wanting to handle the whole issue alone put it on the receiving end as it was criticized not only by the nations of the Middle East but also the rest of the world.
Other governments of the world have also held the belief that the government is instilling fear in other nations in the world in the name of terrorism threats (Blum 17). This is intended to continue developing its hegemony in the world. Its fear of other super powers coming up is so great that it has to do everything in its powers to retain its status. The US has a notion that it is the only country in the world that has a mandate to go anywhere in the world without seeking permission from other governments as it was in the case of smoking out Osama Bin Laden from his hideout in Pakistan. The Pakistan government was not even aware that the US was planning to attack and thus it was so much of a surprise to not only the Pakistan government but also the rest of the world. Yes the goal had been achieved but the involved government was left in the dark when all the planning was taking place.
The United States could be colonizing the world without other governments not noticing this fact. The issue is, you are either cooperating with it or you are branded an enemy. In order for the USA civilization to be felt and be feared by other world governments, they either cooperate or they are counted out. This will therefore mean the world will be American by all means. This has led to what is widely referred to as globalization and governance. The USA again, always wants to have a say in what is going on in those governments the most recent being in Kenya, where it issued ultimatums on how the elections of 2013 were conducted in March. But after realizing that their strategy was working against them in regard to their preferred presidential candidate, they had to withdraw their sentiments very fast.
Noam Chomsky, says that rogue states do not consider themselves bound to international norms (252). According to him, a rogue state also continues to have a grip to power and uses this to impose its military directly all around the world. In its rightful context, apart from terrorism, the US has taken upon itself to fight what it refers to the narcotic problem that seems to be a major problem in the world. On the other hand, the US has not signed the Rome Statute but is in the lead in propagating its agenda against countries that it feels should solely remain aligned to it. In a way, the US is the cause of some of the problems plaguing the world today because it has failed in using helpful frameworks that could not only help it but other governments of the world. These pitfalls of some of its policies have cost the world a lot instead of benefiting it.
Works Cited
Blum, William. Rogue state: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower. London: Zed Books, 2006
Chomsky, Noam. Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs. Cambridge: South End Press, 2000
