USA accuse other countries that encroach the international law. Is USA the only country with this privilege?

Question

Why the politicians of US are not just look the problems of their country and interfere in other regions.

Who gives them the right to play the role of the regulator in regions and issues which are not their job ?

You are all free to answer , but i prefer people who are not US citizens, because i want objective opinions.

Thanks.

Answer 1

In 1914 Austria was Europe's "superpower." The Austrian Empire included the territories of present-day Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia, as well as parts of Italy and Romania.

Serbia, an independent country, wasn't part of the Empire. Many Serbs (both in Serbia and Bosnia) wanted Serbia to annex Bosnia, but the Austrian Emperor refused to let Bosnia go.

When the Emperor's heir apparent, Archduke Ferdinand, visited Bosnia, he was shot and killed by a Bosnian Serb.

The assassination was a crime, of course, but it was committed by just a handful of men. Since Bosnia was part of Austria, it would have been a simple matter for Austria to prosecute the assassin and his collaborators. But instead the Austrian Emperor accused Serbia's government of arranging the murder, and Austria mobilized for war against Serbia.

At the time, governments inside and outside of Europe were joined together in a web of mutual defense treaties, and so a local quarrel became a world war. Britain, France, Belgium, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro, Russia, and even Japan supported Serbia. On the other side, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, and Turkey supported Austria. The awful war quickly consumed most of Europe.

Eventually, 15 million soldiers and civilians would be killed and at least 20 million wounded — all because one person had been assassinated. What a testament to the irrationality of war.

Stalemate

After three years of fighting, the two sides were bogged down in a bloody stalemate — with neither able to gain a decisive advantage.

The armies on both sides were exhausted, and Europeans were ready for an armistice that would stop the terrible bloodshed. Germany put out feelers to end the conflict.

If that armistice had materialized in 1917, the history of the past 80 years would have been quite different and much happier. There might still be monarchs in Germany, Austria, Belgium, and even Russia. That may be distasteful to some, but it might have saved the lives of tens of millions of people.

With Russia and Germany again at peace, the Germans would have had no reason to help Lenin take over Russia, and the Soviet Union never would have been born. And with the German Emperor still on the throne, Adolf Hitler would never have had the opportunity to seize power.

Although no one can say for sure, it seems very unlikely that there would have been a Second World War and without that war and without a Soviet Union, there would have been no Cold War, no Korean War, and no Vietnam War The 20th century wouldn't have been an era of perfect peace, but it would have avoided being history's bloodiest 100 years.

American Intervention Changes History

But such was not to be.

Instead, in 1917, after winning reelection for keeping America out of the war, Woodrow Wilson pulled America into it — and that intervention changed history irrevocably for the worse.

Millions of fresh American soldiers streamed into Europe — tipping the balance of power and overwhelming an enemy exhausted from three years of war. Germany and Austria surrendered, the German emperor fled to the Netherlands, and the Allies imposed devastating conditions upon a defeated Germany.

So, instead of a functioning Germany with Kaiser Wilhelm on the throne, America produced a prostrate Germany eager for revenge.

The humanitarian spirit that propelled America into a war to "end all wars" laid the groundwork for two of history's worst murderers — Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler.

Could Woodrow Wilson — or anyone else — have foreseen all this in advance?

No, and that's the point. Once you embark on the use of force — for any purpose — you have no idea what will fly up out of Pandora's box.

Lessons to Be Learned

At least, one could learn a lesson from the deaths of 15 million people. In fact, World War I offered two unmistakable lessons:

• George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were right to say America would achieve nothing but ruin by meddling in the ancient quarrels of Europe.

• When mutual defense treaties fail to deter wars, as they usually do, they enlarge war and make it bloodier. A mutual defense treaty easily becomes a mutual suicide pact.

Unfortunately, memories are short, and history seems to be such a dull subject.

So when the politicians tell us we have a chance to bring about world peace if we just send more of our children to die, or just bomb more innocent civilians overseas, or just bully a few more smaller countries, many people don't realize they are listening to a story that has been told many times before — and seldom produced a happy ending.

THE PERMANENT WAR FOOTING

America returned to peace and independent policies after World War I. But after World War II the government enmeshed itself in mutual defense treaties all over the world, put the people on a permanent war footing, undertook numerous military adventures, and took sides in almost everyone's conflicts — much of which activity had little to do with the Soviet threat.

A DANGEROUS WORLD

Because America has taken sides in so many conflicts, because America has armed so many countries' enemies, because America has imposed so many "solutions" on so many people, because American troops occupy so many countries, the world has become dangerous for America.

Answer 2

No ...because it is "international law" not US law  but the US is the only country  that you hear of who enforces that law.  Compende?

Answer 3

I think every country tries to balance domestic issues with foreign issues. Politicians cannot just look inward as every nation also has a role to play in the international arena.

As "one" of the superpowers (yes there are others despite what the Americans may claim) the USA is expected to take a leading role. The USA doesn't have any legitimate rights to be a regulator, however it has military might, trade power and substantial influence of international bodies such as the UN Security Council

You will find that the USA picks and chooses when it intervenes. The rule of law is "if it is not in their financial interest, they wont get involved". If it wasn't just about interests and power, the USA would have intervened in the Sudan, East Timor, Cambodia and Sierra Leone to name a few. Unfortunately for those countries, they do not have the natural resources of Iraq or Afghanistan.

The USA isn't the only country with this privilege. China, the former USSR, Russia, Australia and Saudi all have exercised their power in their respective regions.

Answer 4

I wanted to answer you but this other guy with his long history making answer made me to cut it short.

Yes, because it can

Answer 5

1. The reason politicians always look at other countrie's problems and not ours, is to make themselves look good to the others and the fact that. Without decent relations with over countries USA and Britain would not get as many imports and people may and will starve.

2. USA is owned by the secret government, (Freemasonry).

USA is the world's most powerful country, while Japan is more Rich. USA's landmass and many other attributes exceeds Japan's.

By the way, I am British.

The USA think they rule the world. Because they basically do.

The USa owns around 100,000 Nuclear Warheads. Knowing the USA they probably own three times as many due to secret organizations.

They can destroy anywhere in the world and in Space with the press of a button, with power only being matched by Russia.

End of.

USA rules the world (unfortunately.)

Period.

Answer 6

Even Though I'm an American, (no offense to anyone) believe it or not I had the same question.  And other American's are asking this as well. You just might want to read what some of use have to say. I always asked my mother why can't America take care of it's own problems? They think they can just go to what country they want and etc. The answer she told me had to do soemthing with an agreement at a meeting between all the lwaders of all the countries. I still don't get it, but still researching this as well. i hope you get your answer.

Answer 7

Thank you for calling me simple...

All countries play that game of accusing other countries of encroaching. The US may do it a bit more but it is the only superpower right now. And when it does it other countries complain more. In my experiance there are very few countries that dont play that game if they could get away with it

Answer 8

Very simple. We are the superpower and make the rules. Deal with it...

Answer 9

USA must stop feeling that they are an "Empire" and the rulers of the world.

If they go back in history they will see that all the "big powers" make a circle. They gain power and later they loose it. So they must think that in future maybe they will be in the place of the countries in which they do all these bad things now !