Military Policy And Foreign Policy

The military has been instrumental in the protection and development of U.S interests around the world. From the Revolutionary War, which established the United States as a nation, through the World Wars, which set up the U.S as one of the world super powers, to its current war on terror, the military has helped and protected U.S. interests around the world. During all these wars American soldiers have proudly served their country. Because of these wars America is famous throughout the world for military power and its protection of freedom in the world. Today the U.S is an international symbol of wealth and power; it has the largest Gross Domestic Product in the world as well as the strongest military. Yet even America falls prey to a

The United States is a militaristic country because of the military budget, the military’s expansion into civilian areas, and military culture. The large and increasing budget of the military is an example of U.S. militarism. According to National Priorities

The U.S. foreign policy has always been linked to the domestic policy since the U.S. never feared of expanding its national interests over the national boarders. Isolation for the U.S. usually implied slow economic growth and the large number of destructive conflicts within, while impudent foreign policy always guaranteed an abrupt economic growth for the U.S. economy. After the U.S. intervened in the WWI and the WWII, the U.S. economy witnessed a tremendous economic growth, nearly elimination of the unemployment, rapid urbanization and overall growth of the standards of living across the country. Decisive foreign policy has always been providing the U.S. economy with the sustainable and rapid economic growth, unlike the policy aimed at isolation of the U.S.

In a 2015 article, “Is U.S. military becoming outdated?” written by Stuart Bradin, Keenan Yoho, and Meaghan Keeler-Pettigrew, the authors argued that despite the U.S. military maintaining a position of global dominance “without peer” during conventional operations, it is not the ideal force against current and future threats. The authors claim that there are several negative factors arising due to the past sixteen years of war against several state and non-state elements, inferior cultural differences of government bureaucracy compared to commercial firms, and a misallocation of defense spending that leaves the US military waging war inefficiently while simultaneously losing technological dominance against current and future threats.

Since World War II, the United States foreign policy has metastasised to a global level. The United States has taken the position as the global police. We have done countless interventions to “better” the good of the world and its people. Yet, it seems we have forgotten about Americans themselves, who have to deal with the enormous costs of these interventions. When a tyrannous dictator takes control of a country in some far flung part of the world, the United States steps in. We use American soldiers and taxpayers dollars to oust the dictator. Then when a vacuum is created we go back and fight the terrorist group which has taken over. This has happened too many times. It shows the weakness of our foreign policy system. The cost of our military, foreign interventions, and aid has gotten out of control for a country with looming debt problems. As of 2015, military spending has taken up fifty four percent of our discretionary spending, coming out to a total of $598.5 billion dollars (Nationalpriorities.org). Additionally, $195 billion is going outside the United States to fund foreign bases and aid (Politico.com). United

In an effort to provide protection for our international interest our political leadership point of view is to show militaristic prowess. Mr. Bacevich has mentioned several examples regarding excessive spending within the Department of Defense (DOD) that dwarfs those of America’s closest allies. Also noted, Mr. Bacevich explained that the Navy maintains several large attack aircraft carriers; however, in the battle fleets of the world, there is no ship even comparable to a Nimitz-class carrier. The question is “why do we continue to move away from the general principle to maintain the minimum force required.” I think because we are living in a capitalist society the power of money is at the forefront. The DOD is an industrial military conglomerate.

The protection of citizens’ lives, foreign or domestic, is a critical necessity. As a result, the military is the most important organization in a country. In America, for instance, $598 billion is spent each year on the military (“Federal”). Because this is such an expensive, important, and dangerous topic, it is often debated. One of the most common arguments is whether or not America’s military presence is necessary overseas. Due to its foreign benefits, positive domestic effects, and overall creation of World Peace, the negative side of the argument is outweighed. America’s military presence in foreign countries is necessary.

In 2013, The United States spent over $737 billion on its military, at a time where the country is in an economic crisis. The United States spends more money on the military then most of the world combined, it’s no secret that the U.S is known as the world’s police. What are the consequences that will come with this, the American citizens are already feeling the effects of modern imperialism. In order to maintain the world police status, the United Sates continues to make cuts toward the infrastructure and the economy. American roadways, schools, social services, emergency services and the environment are

The three chapter is The Military Crisis.The endless War on Terror represents a clear over-extension of American capability and if it continued ,it will expedite decline. The author think that From the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, we can get a wrong result "The small war preparation is very brief, but the long-term consequences are serious,expanded the empire, the army should have more use of reserves and apply for enlistment. Although the United States has advanced weapons, Iraq assembled improvised explosive devices have made havoc on the world's best-equipped army. Bacevich believes that constructive strategy in foreign policy must recognize that the US military has both limited resources and limited impact. Amry leaders have tended

There are also those who are not apathetic toward foreign policy; rather, they are very interested it and so upset by the policies they see implemented that they are arguing for an American return to isolationism. This view is centered largely around the belief that the United States gives too much in monetary and military aid to foreign countries. In an article by the CATO Institute titled “What Some Call ‘Isolationism,’ Others Call Common Sense,” the author argues that, “If we [America] continue on our current path, with other countries growing more and more dependent on U.S. military power and less inclined to develop their own, the burdens on American taxpayers and U.S. troops will only grow heavier. While it is true that the United States spends $640.2 billion supporting the military each year, and that this accounts for 38% percent of the world’s total military expenditures, it is arguable that having a strong, well-funded military

Nobody likes a bully. The United States has pursued a policy of militarization since the fall of the Soviet Union. Despite making up less than five percent of the world population, the inhabitance of of North America account for almost forty percent of military spending worldwide. Although militarization has domestic perks, the approach does

Since gaining independence from the British in 1776, the United States foreign policy over the years has gone from expansionist to isolationism to defending democracy. With the responsibility of defending democratic rights for those who cannot defend themselves, the United States in my opinion has taken on the role of “policeman of the world.” This role became more evident with the use of U.S. military force in international incidents like U.S. intervention in the 2011 Libyan Civil War to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and U.S. involvement in the 2011 Yemeni Civil War protesting the leadership of Yemeni

Before dissecting each of the key countries it is integral that it is known that having a military is not the core of the problem. It would be impractical to say that all countries should just get rid of their militaries. Where the dilemma truly exists is the continuous need to compete for having a larger and more powerful military. All this prideful competition does is continue to widen the gap of potential trust and communication. The United States is definitely not exempt from this continuous competition and is in fact one of the frontrunners. An example of this would be in 1997 when the United States had to build an F-22 Raptor fighter jet that can go over 1600 mph. Within that same year China responded by building their anti-air defense system called the HQ-9, with missiles that can go

The fall of the American empire- where after the ruin of the Soviet Union in 1991, USA was declared as a superpower that maintained its dominance through economic hit men and others. There were more than 700 military bases held by US all around the globe and with most of them have the capability to attack by air. However over the years, the plurality of power has shifted from US to China whereby the former hold only 14% power in the international system and the latter has about 20%. The power shows China as the most important country while US has been poorly inflated because of its military spending, the main concern was that US has been in a state of decline due to its financial bankruptcy which is also linked to its militarism (Webster & Ivanov, 2014).

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