Should the U.S. be the World Police?
9/11/01 is a date everyone in the world knows. This is the date of a major terrorist attack on the United States. We lost over 3,000 people that day, including more than 400 firefighters and police officers. Not only is terrorism happening in the U.S., there have been many acts of terrorism around the world within the past century. During conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2,017,600 people have died and that number is still climbing. Currently, there is conflict in Syria as a result of chemical weapon use. Over 70,000 Syrians have been killed in this conflict so far. It is also causing a lot of civilians to be forced from their homes into refugee camps in other countries. 9/11, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq all have two things in common: terrorism and the U.S coming to their aid in varying degrees. There have been thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent in these conflicts, and no resolutions has been reached so should the United States be the world’s police in this age of terrorism? (Continued)
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