United States and its international role today.

UNITED STATES AND ITS INTERNATIONAL ROLE TODAY

Introduction

September 11 attach remains to be one of the events that will remain in the minds of the Americans for a very long time . This was an event that not only changed the life of the Americans but it also changed the perception of United States by the world . It will be remembered as an important event in the world that changed the course of history and saw the US try to assert itself more to create a unilateral world . In his book Thomas

Friedman (2007 ) wrote that America 's role in the world from its inception , had been to be the country that looks forward , not back . One of the most dangerous things that have happened since 9 /11 under the Bush administration is that we have gone from exporting hope to exporting fear . Then we have gone from trying to coax the best out of the world to snarling at it way too often . And when you export fear , you end up importing everyone else 's fears . Yes , we need people who can imagine the worst because the worst did happen on 9 /11 and it could happen again . But , as I said , there is a fine line between precaution and paranoia , and at time we have crossed it (p . 50

This is a clear statement that defines the current situation that is taking place in the world . It is defining the positioning of the United States in the world and how the country has tried to assert itself since the September 11 attack . Friedman concurs that it is the event that took place after the attack lead by the mindset of President Bush and the Republican that has defined the modern America . America has transformed from a country that was adored by all in the world as it used to export hope to a country that exports fear . This agrees with Friedman words on the modern America . America of today is not what America used to be yesterday . It has changed in a great way . It is no longer adored as it used to be . The way American has been snarling to other countries has exported more fear and in return President Bush and the whole nation of America are hated by many people in the world

Fight on terrorism and unilateral world

Immediately after the September 11 attack , America promised the world that it would get to the bottom of the matter and the immediate reaction was to fight terrorisms with all its might . President prioritized the fight on terrorism as the most important immediate action that America would take

Americans were filled with fear as no one was sure when the next terrorist attack would take place . To restore the confidence of Americans on President Bush and his administration , there had to be an action that would show them that there as something that was being by the government . Therefore the move that American government took...