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The war in Iraq and the protests of people around the world has given a clear signal to the American government and policy makers that the world has become a different place. That every attempt of American expansionism and corporate imperialism will be opposed, the unilateral policies of United States has to change and being a superpower it has to realize its responsibilities. The opposition from the European countries, the Arab community and China should be a great concern to America. The American foreign policies clearly show that the goal of its leader is to expand the American empire with the method of progressive imperialism. The United States because of its policies has become isolated in the world and has become an object of hatred around the world. If the unilateral and expansionism policies are continued the fate of American empire will not be different from Roman Empire.
It has been more than a year since the devastating attacks took place on September 11th in United States, which shook the American society to the core and brought about far reaching changes to the U.S. policies both home and abroad. The attacks exposed Americans to threats and challenges never faced before and proved that even the most powerful country in the world is not immune to such threats. In addition astronomical defense budgets and expensive security measures are insufficient to buy peace and security for the American People. More than anything else the attacks indicated to American government that how small the world has become and how vital it is for a superpower like America to cooperate and acquire support in order to guarantee the security for its people and to eliminate terrorism. Instead from learning from its past mistakes and its unbalanced foreign policies especially in the Middle East, the United States has embarked on a unilateralism and expansionism.
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The American troops in Iraq now hold almost 80% of the country, the Iraqi regime posed little resistance and all the media hype about the strong resistance from Iraqi regime were proved to be false. Though Saddam Hussein and the top leaders of the regime are not caught yet, there is strong tension and opposition inside Iraq on the U.S. led invasion. The American troops saw that the situation in Iraq is completely different, only after the first day of little celebrations, when the statues of Saddam Hussein were destroyed; there were rallies and protests in the country against the U.S. troops. The Iraqi people cam out with banners saying we want the invaders out, it is obvious that they don't see the troops as liberators but as invaders. The Bush administrations on the other hand has taken a sigh of relief as most of the political and war analysts predicted that the war could go on too long and if that would have happened it would have been very difficult for the administration to handle the situation back home. The average Americans are satisfied with the war and its results, more than 60% of the Americans supported the war, but the numbers would have change drastically had the war prolonged [Louis, 2003].
On the other hand the issue of United Nations involvement in the post-war Iraq is strongly debated and stressed by Germany, France, Russia and China. The European nations including the United Kingdom want a UN led government and reconstruction in Iraq. The European nations like France, Germany and Russia already have a view that the war is being waged without the United Nations authority and in violation of the UN Charter. They argue that because the war is illegal the post-war U.S. occupation will be illegal too. The U.S. is determined that its military will rule Iraq when the war has ended. The Arab nations who were against the war in the first place are also against any U.S. military rule in Iraq and they see it as U.S. expansion in the Middle East and a method to control oil of Iraq. China and other Islamic countries are also stressing a UN-based government, but it seems that U.S. will not withdraw from its position. Thus there is an overwhelming opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq and the military rule after the war, the United States is proceeding in its unilateral methods and even British Prime Minister is against the U.S. military control of Iraq. There is a very strong opinion...
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