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The people of these nations have to deal with the absence of utilities and the destruction of the nation's infrastructure (roads, hospitals, schools). The people also have to deal with the general instability of the country and the government caused by the American invasion.
While many American families have lost loved ones in the war, the majority of Americans are not personally affected by the war in the manner that the Iraqi people are affected. Not only are such policies detrimental to people who have to live through war, Americans suffer in far reaching ways (Pierce). According to an article entitled "American Values or Human Rights" contains a quote from Henry Kisiinger which states, the tradition known as American exceptionalism, within which American values were historically embedded, was one of the most important casualties of the Vietnam War...he claimed that the war had opened a rift, still unhealed, in American society and destroyed faith in the uniqueness and universal relevance of American values...One unfortunate consequence was a continuing failure to develop a new, rational foreign policy consensus (Kissinger 2000). Americans after Vietnam could no longer confidently assert their own values or feel comfortable about imposing them on others, and were consequently at a loss as to what to do with their own predominant power (Kane, 2003, pg.772)."
Geopolitics is also evident in the types of relationships that America has with countries that share a boarder with the United Sates or are close to the United States boarder. On...
On the other hand, America's relationship with Mexico has been both friendly and also extremely volatile. In both cases America must be careful concerning the types of policies that are adopted because of the proximity of these nations to America. If our policies toward these nations are seen as unfair or wrong, the security of America could be at risk. Whereas, if the government of Australia felt that American policies were wrong or unfair and wanted to react militarily, there is a greater probability that the United States would be able to stop such an attack, this is not the case with nations that are in close proximity to the United States. Overall geopolitics is extremely evident as it pertains to America's foreign policy strategies.
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Kane, J. (2003). American Values or Human Rights? U.S. Foreign Policy and the Fractured Myth of Virtuous Power. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 33(4), 772+.
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