American Intervention Research Paper

As we continue to read Quigley’s opinions and examples of intervention, we continue to see America as a power hungry nation who only intervenes when it she can benefit in someway. However, knowing that some citizens need substantial reasons for intervention we also see a tendency within the government to lie about the reasons for interfering. For example, when invading Lebanon the Eisenhower administration claimed that American lives were in danger and lied about their reasons for invading and intervening in Lebanon. Similarly, the Reagan administration was successful in hiding the truth of wanting to play a partisan role in Lebanon. To continue, the Carter administration invaded Iran in order to free hostages, but unfortunately, due to the
As we discussed in class, every country is different, so even Middle Eastern countries have their differences including “their politics, their models of society, and their understanding of moral responsibility”. With differences like this, there is bound to be with turmoil. Although there may be probable cause for intervention, we still shouldn’t interfere until explicitly asked or told to by the Security Council. As seen in previous readings, often intervention fails meet the nation building effort we put in. Therefore if we go in with the actual humanitarian reasons we claim to have, we will always succeed. However, we always have these underlying motivations and goals that we never seem to be able to reach. Though, to be more specific, the United States often hastily jump into military action. For example, the Eisenhower Doctrine states “the United States is prepared to use armed forces to assist any such nation” In my opinion, the reason for this line is because if military personnel are already in a nation weaken by communism then that nation will be easier to take over and put the government we want into