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America has an extremely long history of sticking her nose where it does not belong. However, she would never allow another country to do the same to her. The United States is like a bossy, self centered, loud neighbor that never gets invited to the party, but always shows up anyway.
The textbooks that our children learn from have a tendency to exclude some of America’s most noteworthy interventions in the business of others. These books also gloss over some of the crimes America committed, calling them “assistance” instead of what they actually were, unasked for butting in where we were not wanted. When other countries attempt this sort of thing, Americans call it terrorism. Moreover, whether the said act was done to us, or to another country, America feels the need to put her hand in the matter, which often only makes a bad situation worse.
This war we are currently fighting is not by any means the first time American troops have fought on foreign soil, for people who would rather we wouldn’t have interfered.
For example, let’s take a look at World War I, and the real reason we were involved. Now, I’m not knocking the whole Mutual Defense idea, because it is a good one. Helping those who ask for help is important. Helping people who really don’t want our help is quite different.
At the time that World War I began, the following alliances existed:
Notice that the United States is nowhere in this list.
Russia /Serbia
Germany / Austria / Hungary
France / Russia
Britain / France / Belgium
Japan / Britain
This is the basic chain of events that comprise World War I.
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, which meant that Russia had to get involved to defend Serbia.
Germany was offended to see Russia jumping in, so they declared war on Russia.
France had no choice but to defend against drawn in against Germany and Austria / Hungary alongside Russia.
Germany attacked France through Belgium, which of course yanked Britain into the war, in addition to Japan.
Italy and the United States didn’t want to miss out on the excitement, so they both jumped in, even though none of the issues directly concerned either of them.
116708 United States Soldiers were killed, 204002 United States Soldiers were wounded, and our uninvited presence cost our country $33 billion. These are losses that were without reason or justification.
And what exactly did we gain from this war? Nothing tangible, as the negative effects felt at home were devastating to the moral of the country, not to mention what it did to the wives and families left behind both during and after the war.
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I think you ought to do a bit more research than that. It’s rather strange that the French and British would cooperate with the United States if they didn’t even want them there. Generally speaking, the British and French needed and wanted the help; they needed the war supplies and didn’t seem to mind the United States ending the stalemate and helping to defeat Germany (reclaiming both their status as major powers and keeping/gaining valuable territory).
Alliances can be formed at any time, before, during, and after wars. Your analysis is superficial at best and doesn’t serve your main point in the slightest.