Political Philosophy

Introduction

One of the major problems in the United States is the decision about the three wars: the Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. In all three cases, the U.S. invaded countries whose language, religion, social structure and national history were and are still significantly unknown to Americans of all social classes and political tendencies, unfortunately, including, the vast majority of diplomats. This problem also makes up the thesis statement of the paper, which focuses on the negative perception of US in the world as a result of the consequences of the war. As a result of the war on terror, the U.S. has created new enemies in large parts of Asia, damaging its own reputation as a present and future leader of real democratic forces that are in the global arena. Overall, during the World Wars of the twentieth century, the United States first prevented Imperial Germany to conquer Europe and the colonies in Africa and Asia, and 20 years later, it prevented the shaft formed by the German Nazi, Italy and Japan to dominate the world. No justification can be positive of the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, which have been enormously damaging the morale and the international reputation of the United States (Miller, pp. 10-147).

Discussion

War on Terrorism

The war on terrorism affected many parts of the world including the United States itself. It started many years ago by the United States by invading Afghanistan with the United Kingdom as its ally. This war led a number of countries to change their foreign polices with the United States and Afghanistan. Some African countries, where the presence of terrorist groups was doubted, also became the target of the United States. The effects of the war on terrorism are many that affected the United States in several ways. Some aspects of this war were encouraging while others were a bit disappointing. Due to the war, the constant threat of terrorism to the United States settled to the large extent. Major contributors who were supportive part of Al-Qaida were killed in this war that was after the destruction of the United States. Among them Mullah Umer and Aiman Zehwari are the prominent leaders of Al-Qaida who got killed in such attacks during the war on terrorism (Sharma, pp. 288-322). However, there are other effects as well that affected the United States. The major effects on the United States as a result of the war on terrorism are human rights violation, forceful influence on the politics of another country, and expenditure.

Violation of the Human Rights

All the "just" wars that were launched since the early nineties in the Middle East, Gulf War (1990-91), Invasion of Afghanistan (2001-present) Invasion of Iraq (2003-present) have been presented under the explanation that the countries were responsible for the consequences. This requires access to a device advertising to convince people in the West of "justice" for the war. The two weapons are essential for these wars of "liberation" that enable the "democratization" of the people of the respective ...