Exceptionalism In The United States
For most Americans over the majority of the Nations existence has held the United States of America to a high standard. Americans expect the government to do a vast number of jobs that benefit the individual. With such high standards over the past 241 years the United State of America has progressed at attaining the goals of the general public, or atleast it seems that way. Globally, the United States of America has the strongest economy, 3rd wealthiest gdp per capita and the strongest most advance military to date. To those whom live here and foreigners looking at the United States of America there is a strong presence of global domination that the United States gives off which has not always historically been there. However, many Americans
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It can also go even further with traditional American exceptionalism stating that the United States of America is closer to perfection than any other country and is uniquely superior due to its role on the global stage. This term has had many debated origins while some say it was coined during the age of our founding fathers, some see it from a translation in Joseph Stalin’s messages to members of the Socialist party in America during the nineteen twenties. Some claim it took off in the early eighteen hndred when America was rapidly growing, especially after President Thomas Jefferson bough the Louisiana purchase ad the rise of westward …show more content…
Take for instance Manuel Noreiga, a drug trafficker whom worked for the CIA and became president of Panama. The American-Panamanian conflict of George Bush sr. administration was an attempt to capture panamas sitting president, bring him to American courts and hold a trial. The only reason it failed was because Noreiga died in a supposed plane “crash” before U.S forces could capture him. This totally destroys the idea of national sovereignty and is a common occurrence in the early two thousands with Latin America drug smugglers whom are deemed a threat to America. Instead of waiting for Latin American governments to capture drug lords and turn them over to the United States, America skips the involvement of these Latin American governments. This exerts power and superiority that so far has been uncontested on the world
It can also go even further with traditional American exceptionalism stating that the United States of America is closer to perfection than any other country and is uniquely superior due to its role on the global stage. This term has had many debated origins while some say it was coined during the age of our founding fathers, some see it from a translation in Joseph Stalin’s messages to members of the Socialist party in America during the nineteen twenties. Some claim it took off in the early eighteen hndred when America was rapidly growing, especially after President Thomas Jefferson bough the Louisiana purchase ad the rise of westward …show more content…
Take for instance Manuel Noreiga, a drug trafficker whom worked for the CIA and became president of Panama. The American-Panamanian conflict of George Bush sr. administration was an attempt to capture panamas sitting president, bring him to American courts and hold a trial. The only reason it failed was because Noreiga died in a supposed plane “crash” before U.S forces could capture him. This totally destroys the idea of national sovereignty and is a common occurrence in the early two thousands with Latin America drug smugglers whom are deemed a threat to America. Instead of waiting for Latin American governments to capture drug lords and turn them over to the United States, America skips the involvement of these Latin American governments. This exerts power and superiority that so far has been uncontested on the world