THESIS: An analysis of recent cases in which the United States used military action in international incidents reveals the concept of “policeman of the world” as the government imposed principles that place their foreign operations within the boundaries of law and order. Thus said, while countering the Al-Shabaab’s antics with an air strike against its leaders, the United States responded to North Korea’s nuclear tests with sanctions as a means to regulate the country’s weapons program.
The recent international military activities approved by the United States government echo similar strategies employed at the global capacity.
Associated Press of The Guardian report military actions against the Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia and imposed sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear tests, both by the American government.
Choe Sang-Hun of the New York Times provided reports on the United States flying the B-52 [nuclear] Bomber over South Korea to assure them of the American government’s support.
In news reports covering the situations in North Korea and Somalia, the two countries warranted action by the United States government under the State’s foreign and drone policies.
History records depict the United States preventing and ending skirmishes among other nations since the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
The United States’ decision to aid Cuba in its revolutionary efforts against Spain in 1898 gained the country territories in the Pacific. .
Americans joining the war against Germany in 1917 tipped the scales of the battle against the Central Powers and subsequently ended World War 1.
Between 1947 and 1991, the United States kept the Soviet Union in check amid nuclear threats during the Cold War.
As a world superpower, the United States utilized policy formation as a means of peacekeeping efforts.
Amidst the Cuban missile crisis, in 1962, President Kennedy made it a policy that the American government would consider the Soviet Union responsible for any Cuban missile launches.
During the Vietnam War, the United States provided South Vietnam with arms in their stand against the communist North Vietnam.
In 2001, the War in Afghanistan saw America endorse plans to bring down the Taliban and hold, the then leader of the terrorist group, Osama Bin Laden accountable for the bombings of American embassies in East Africa.
The policies proved necessary after the United States could no longer maintain a neutral position.
Castro sought to control Cuba and establish a communist domain in the country during the country’s missile crisis in 1962.
Eric Foner reckons that North Vietnam caught the interest of the United States after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the American government responded with support for South Vietnam.
Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were fast becoming a threat to the United States when the government sanctioned his arrest.
CONCLUSION: The recent involvement of the United States in both Somalia and South Korea echoes years of the country behaving in the same manner in which law enforcers would.
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