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Brendan Walsh

11/7/13

WL3 Blog

Protecting yourself and family is the most important thing you could do. I believe that a government’s job is to take care of its citizens at all cost.  So does the US have the right to invade other countries if those countries have not attacked us directly? This question can be applied to many nations and not explicitly the US

There are different reasons to attack countries that have not directly attacked you. The US entered WWII following a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. The US was never at war with Japan however Japan attacked the US. Japan realized eventually the US would enter into war on the ally’s side so they decided to make the first attack. This made a huge dent on the US Navy.

Following the modern Pearl Harbor, 9/11, the US invaded Iraq and later on Afghanistan. The US’s actions were justified because they were actions aimed at protecting the American people. If the Iraqi and Afghani governments cannot control terrorist cells and Islamic extremists in their own country the US must intervene. If the US had sat idly and allowed the terrorist cells to grow in these countries the US would be at great risk.

The US has recently carried out CIBER attacks on Iran’s nuclear program. We have set them back in the nuclear weapons process greatly. While the US did not attack Iran directly, Iran has the right to invade the US. The US is causing harm to Iran and preventing them from furthering their military technology so if Iran were to attempt to raid the US it would be justified.

North Korea has increased rhetoric towards the US and South Korea. North Korea has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the US and North Korea. If the US were to launch a pre-emptive strike on North Korea it would be justified considering they are threatening the US with nuclear war. If North Korea were to invade the South Korea we would also be justified to intervene considering South Korea is our ally.