America: self proclaimed world police

I am an American, and I am proud to say that. I think that the U.S. is in a position to help the rest of the world in many ways, and it does so through financial relationships, political means, and military operations. In many cases the citizens of the world do not understand or agree with the methods that the U.S. uses to help, but I honestly believe that the only goal of our Government is to help to unify the world and to ensure safety and freedom for all. Americans do not all agree on what is right and what is wrong as far as foreign policies go, so it is understandable that the rest of the world would also have differing opinions.

Being american myself I have to trust the police but I dont have to agree with what they do. I believe that we try to make peace around the world, but we manage to always "Butt In". The United States is hated by many countries because they dont truly understand what we are doing. I just hope one day all countries can unite to make this world a happier and safer place to live.

The United Nations is a multinational multilateral organization that has been established and is being maintained by its members for this purpose, among others. Unilateral action by the USA or its block of allied countries is not the desired response to global situations that cause concern. The UN may not be as responsive as a single Executive Branch of a nation state, but that is something that members need to address through changes to Articles and operating policies of the UN. In my humble opinion there is no justification for unilateral action on the part of any member country, including the United States of America. It is true that militarily and economically, America is the largest and most powerful country in the world today. This gives its policy makers perceived strengths, and self appointed responsibility to involve themselves in an unilateral manner in issues that are actually multilateral. The US has through its policies hamstrung the UN quite a bit: e.g. A history of arrears. US arrears to the UN currently exceed US$ one Billion. Use of the Veto powers to block action. I would say, the lessons of Iraq are that the US should not be allowed to involve itself militarily in any situation around the world. It is the role of the UN and if we have to strengthen the UN to do so, then that should be the focus of the leaders of the various member countries.