In the 1800's the US had a foreign policy, that I like better than the one right now, that is extremely different from our policies present day. Since the second world war we have gotten ourselves into every conflict there has been. In an article by the US News, they talk about the US's intervention in the war against ISIS. It says that the fighting is raging on and ISIS influence is spreading. People are saying the reason we are unable to push them back is because we are lacking a good strategy. Another key reason that it explains is the fact that Obama's administration takes too long to come up with military decisions. If the US was following the Monroe Doctrine, it would need to do these three things. First, the US should start to focus on the US instead of worrying about what ISIS is up to. Second, the US should not have intervened in any of the wars over the past 200 years. The only exception I would make to that would be the second world war. We would be speaking German had we not intervened. But, ISIS would not be a problem to us if we didn't start bombing them. ISIS does not affect us directly so we should stay out of their business. Lastly, some people consider us an empire because we own land that isn't in the union like Puerto Rico or the Midway islands. That topic is very controversial but the US, above all, should not rule over any other countries including ISIS. If I had the chance I would have a sit down, if I could go back in time, and talk with every president there has ever been and advise them to stick to the Monroe doctrine. A lot of the violence and aggression we see against the US is because we have intervened in so many other countries' businesses. The reason for 9/11 is because of the Iraq war and we pissed of a bunch of crazy terrorists. I would rather the US be like Canada, no one wants to nuke them!
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/12/05/war-against-isis-in-syria-iraq-and-now-libya-appears-rudderless
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