Imperialism the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. America the home of the free and the land of the brave. Are we imperialists, could we grow with out it, if we aren't imperialists what are we? It all starts with Louisiana purchase and Manifest Destiny, the only difference is we staid on the land near us we never went over seas to expand into other countries. Now we are half way around the world, how did that happen? Well one things for sure we did not listen to Washington warning us about all the bad that could come with this. It all truly went downhill when we decided to go and take panama from Colombia and build the panama canal. Yes the Panama canal help everyone around the world but did we really have to take Panama and be so rood and selfish? Yet we never admit to being imperialists, according to USA Today the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stated "We're not imperialistic. We never have been." Today we are still imperialists its just different now, we don't go to other countries and fight a war with another country that owns it. Now we go and fight over raw materials that we need for our economy, we don't really need more land and Americans don't go off to the land where we are fighting to make their homes and start a life in the "new land" I mean who would really want to live in Iraq right now everything is crumbled now we just want money money money. It might sound bad that all we want is money but right now we truly need it, America is in so much debt we need some way to get out of it and imperialism might be our way out. In my point of view imperialism isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless you make it bad or make it seem bad. When you look at our world and how it started everyone had to go out and explore and take over new land to we wouldn't have gotten anywhere if it wasn't for imperialism, but back then there was no one to fight for the land. Once most of the land was taken nations wanted to spread but when they started to they ran into the native people but they wanted the land so bad they were willing to fight for the land. If they never fought for the land we would all be separated and not know anything and most likely not trade or have a lot of the inventions we have today. Now that we even know where Iraq is, is an amazing thing in itself. So imperialism has its good points and bad but at the moment it seems to be helping us but that could change in an instant we just have to be careful and see where it goes from here.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Modern Imperialism
Imperialism the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. America the home of the free and the land of the brave. Are we imperialists, could we grow with out it, if we aren't imperialists what are we? It all starts with Louisiana purchase and Manifest Destiny, the only difference is we staid on the land near us we never went over seas to expand into other countries. Now we are half way around the world, how did that happen? Well one things for sure we did not listen to Washington warning us about all the bad that could come with this. It all truly went downhill when we decided to go and take panama from Colombia and build the panama canal. Yes the Panama canal help everyone around the world but did we really have to take Panama and be so rood and selfish? Yet we never admit to being imperialists, according to USA Today the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stated "We're not imperialistic. We never have been." Today we are still imperialists its just different now, we don't go to other countries and fight a war with another country that owns it. Now we go and fight over raw materials that we need for our economy, we don't really need more land and Americans don't go off to the land where we are fighting to make their homes and start a life in the "new land" I mean who would really want to live in Iraq right now everything is crumbled now we just want money money money. It might sound bad that all we want is money but right now we truly need it, America is in so much debt we need some way to get out of it and imperialism might be our way out. In my point of view imperialism isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless you make it bad or make it seem bad. When you look at our world and how it started everyone had to go out and explore and take over new land to we wouldn't have gotten anywhere if it wasn't for imperialism, but back then there was no one to fight for the land. Once most of the land was taken nations wanted to spread but when they started to they ran into the native people but they wanted the land so bad they were willing to fight for the land. If they never fought for the land we would all be separated and not know anything and most likely not trade or have a lot of the inventions we have today. Now that we even know where Iraq is, is an amazing thing in itself. So imperialism has its good points and bad but at the moment it seems to be helping us but that could change in an instant we just have to be careful and see where it goes from here.
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