The US Military Intervention Reasons and Motives

military has participated in military action both in Syria and in Turkey (among numerous other places) -- but these two separate interventions expose a single aim -- the destabilization of Assad, through direct support of mercenaries and through the direct assistance of Turkey, whose President Erdogan is a known collaborator with ISIS (a point which indicates that the world's "police" are still very active in pursuing courses of action which have two levels of objectives -- on the surface, the provision of a defense of democratic rights; below -- the attainment of American-Israeli-Saudi interests).

Action

In 2012, the U.S. deployed 400 troops along with 2 Patriot missile batteries to Turkey to serve as a defense of that country from Syrian attack.

Two years later, the U.S. military illegally entered into Syria (uninvited) to conduct operations against ISIS.

The Rise of the Military-Industrial Complex: 3 aspects of U.S. history since 1865 that have led to the U.S.'s rise as a world super power policeman

A. The rises of Industrialization post-Civil War and the doctrine of Manifest Destiny growing into New Expansionism saw the U.S. military entering into conflicts with foreign powers, beginning with the Spanish-American War at the end of the 19th century and continuing on unabated with various countries around the world for the next century as America asserted its hegemony on a global scale.

B. Following WW2, a reorganization of world powers came into being. This reorganization was supported by a reorganization of the global monetary system at Bretton Woods and the rise of the USD as reserve currency, thus helping to solidify the U.S.'s role in dictating policy world-wide.

C. The military-industrial complex saw massive profits as a result of perpetual war, thus supplying a profit-driven motive to foreign intervention and the massive build-up of the military as well as the selling of arms and munitions to foreign governments, thus ensuring that international conflict would be perpetual.

III. 3 international incidents since World War II where America has taken on a policing role

A. Cuba -- Bay of Pigs

B. Vietnam

C. Iraq