The United States And The Middle East

The role of the Middle East has been very crucial to the United States, especially after WWII. The U.S. had three strategic goals in the Middle East and consistently followed them throughout various events that unfolded in the region. First, with the emergence of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the U.S., policymakers began to recognize the importance of the Middle East as a strategic area in containing Soviet influence. This also coincides with the U.S. becoming increasingly wary of Arab nationalism and the threat it posed to U.S. influence. Secondly, the emergence of the new Israeli state in 1948 further deepened U.S. policy and involvement in the region while also creating friction between the U.S. and Arab states which were

When problems arise people step up and take responsibility. Like in the quote from Elie Wiesel, human suffering really is everyone’s problem. In war and times of conflict, America has intervened because they believe that it is their problem to try and solve. This is evident through speeches in World War I, propaganda in World War II, letters during Vietnam, biographies concerning the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and speeches from the War on Terror.

“The United States recognizes the provisional Government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.” These are the words of President Harry Truman from a speech he gave shortly after Israel became a recognized nation in 1948. Consequently, the political leaders of the United States have brought America on a rough journey to the current state of foreign policy and relationship with Israel. Since 1948, the United States’ active position in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seen very little change or progress towards achieving settlement between these two nationalistic states. In the last 65 years, the majority of U.S. presidents repeated mistakes made by their predecessors in office, and this in turn has had little

How would you feel if United States was under a dictatorship, and there was a war going on, and you had to leave the country because of persecution and violence, and every country that you tried to go to, they wouldn’t accept you because who you are and what your religion is? A refugee

In 1933 when Hitler took power, many countries were in danger. It took the U.S. many years to actually do something about it, and make it stop. Right now there is an issue with ISIS. They are taking over many different countries based on their religion. While many countries could maybe help and do something to stop it or control it, they are all looking up to the U.S. to do something about it. The United States is known as the world's “superpower” that does not mean we have to do everything. We know what is happening everywhere in the world when other countries may not know it. The U.S. troops are risking their lives to fight when other countries can step in and

A modern issue that is affecting our nation is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria also known as ISIS. ISIS is noted to be a terrorist group that has caused many attacks against the United States of America and many other countries. Their goal is to build a caliphate state (Pierpaoli, 2015). ISIS uses “persecution and extermination” to those who enter its territories or go against them. This is a problem because ISIS is currently a threat to the United States. The people affected by this problem are the citizens of the U.S. the people in the Middle East, and their allies, France and

The Islamic State, also known as ISIS of ISIL, has continued to arouse much untold terror throughout the Middle East region for more than four years, since 2011. The recent violence there underscores the seriousness of the issue and the urgency of those people living in the refugee camps. These refugees migrated to these camps to escape the militants’ attack on their homes and properties. The victims to much destruction and hardship, these Syrians will not be returning to their native homeland any time soon, and they can only hope that a genocidal tragedy like the Holocaust will never blossom in

The U.S is a munificent country and we show this through militarily supporting developing or war torn countries unable to defend themselves from terrorists or rash leaders. On December 7, 1941 America became involved in World War 2. During this time we aided our allies in their defences by sending American soldiers to assist their efforts. Throughout this time we helped to end Hitler's genocide of Jews and successfully prevented his tyranny from spreading. Most recently, America has provided service to those caught in a civil war in Syria. We have bravely sent troops to improve the situation for thousands of refugees, and have given the security of added protection to suffering innocents. The U.S

When looking at the history between the United States and Latin America, you see many interactions between them, all that aided the relationship that they have today. Despite that the United States and Latin America are in the same part of the world, the beliefs in which they govern may differ. This difference has often been seen playing a major role in the disputes that have occurred in past. The United States and Latin America have faced many social, economical and governing barriers in forming a strong and positive relationship in the early twentieth century, this is due to the differences that the two had between cultures and the constant demand for power. However, the two countries have found ways to meet in the middle of their cultural differences, to form an equally fair relationship.

Some 4 million Syrians have fled their country to escape the war, terrorism and oppression due to the Syrian Civil War that began that began in 2011. The majority of these Syrian refugees had searched for asylum in neighboring countries like Turkey, Lebanon, or Jordan but find out that those places are just as bad (Sengupta). It is the United States’ moral obligation to give asylum to those in need due to the values and ideals that the United States of America was established. The American republic was founded on a set of beliefs, Among them was the idea that all people are created equal, whether European, Native American, or African American, and that these people have fundamental rights, such as liberty, free speech, freedom of religion, due process of law, and freedom of assembly ("Founded on a Set of Beliefs"). In addition United States having a surplus of resource and the ability to provide asylum, but wavers to act due past experiences and ultimately the fear of terrorism.

The United States and the Western Coalition has long looked at the Middle East as an asset with little risk high reward potential. They have all looked at them as high reward low risk a region that in contrast, has an abundance of natural resources in particular oil with very underwhelming population. Even if they had a product that could reach out and touch the masses the internal struggles and lack of cohesion and structure to get out of the region. Both the United States and Western coalition watched the struggles intervened when necessary and when a reward could reaped even if it was a better deal on the oil prices to actual occupation of land. The intervention, however did began to elevate and inflate the

Conflict over energy resources—and the wealth and power they create—has become an increasingly prominent feature for geopolitics particularly in the Middle East . The discovery of oil in the late nineteenth century added a dimension to the region as major outside states powers employed military force to protect their newly acquired interests in the Middle East. The U.S.’s efforts to secure the flow of oil have led to ever increasing involvement in the Middle East region’s political affairs and ongoing power struggles. By the end of the twentieth century, safeguarding the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf had become one of the most important functions of the U.S. military establishment. The close relationship between the United States and the Saudi royal family was formed in the final months of World War II, when U.S. leaders sought to ensure preferential access to Saudi petroleum. The U.S. link with Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region has demonstrated to be greatly beneficial to both parties, yet it has also led to ever deepening U.S. involvement in regional politics.

“Refugees didn’t just escape a place. They had to escape a thousand memories until they’d put enough time and distance between them and their misery to wake to a better day” ( Nadia Hashimi). For example, Syrian refugees have been fighting a war in their home country between the President Bashar Al-Assad and ISIS. Their civil war began with peaceful protests against the government in March of 2011 but these peaceful protests soon escalated after the government's violent crackdown and rebels began fighting back against the regime. By July, army defectors had loosely organized the Free Syrian Army and many civilian syrians took up arms to join the opposition. Dividing ISIS and the ethnic groups who continue to complicate the politics of the conflict.

The cover page of this TIME magazine, an issue of 1979 invoked purely the orientalist idea of the Middle East. It represented the faulty equation of Islam= Muslim= Arab= terrorist or religious fanatics.

Many parts of the Middle East are unstable politically, socially and economically due to several factors such as internal conflicts (civil wars, wars between Middle Eastern countries, etc.), external conflicts (wars between Middle Eastern countries and countries that are outside of the Middle East), Islamic extremist groups such as the Taliban, and Islamic extremist groups that cause global terror such as ISIS and