The Iran war adds to the long list of United States (US) involvement\nin other countries\u2019 conflicts and political affairs. It turns out that\nthe US\u2019s such stance is not carried out by US President Donald Trump,\nbut is rooted in the idea of one figure, namely the fifth US President,\nJames Monroe.<\/p>\n
In 1823, Monroe delivered a speech before Congress that later became\nknown as the Monroe Doctrine. Citing the Britannica website, this\ndoctrine rejected European interference in the American continent and\nstated that any new colonisation efforts would be a threat to US\nsecurity. From there, Monroe instilled the important belief that the US\nhas the moral and political right to regulate the environment outside\nits territory. If there is European intervention, the US can carry out\ncounter-intervention.<\/p>\n
At that time, this doctrine was considered empty bluster because the\nUS was still relatively small and did not yet have adequate military or\nnaval power. However, Monroe\u2019s conviction became the foundation of US\nforeign policy in the subsequent decades.<\/p>\n
In 1901, this principle was realised by President Theodore Roosevelt\nthrough the Roosevelt Corollary. Based on Monroe\u2019s idea, the US declared\nthe right to carry out military interventions in Latin American\ncountries if those countries failed to maintain stability or potentially\ntriggered European interference. Roosevelt emphasised that the US has a\nmoral responsibility to act as the \u201cinternational police\u201d in that\nregion.<\/p>\n
After the Second World War (1939-1945), the justification for US\nintervention changed from colonial reasons to ideology, namely\ncontaining communism during the Cold War (1945-1991). It then gradually\nchanged to issues of democracy, global stability, and human rights. The\nmost significant change occurred after the 11 September 2001 (9\/11)\nattacks, when terrorism became the main pillar of US foreign policy.<\/p>\n
According to the research How The United States Justified Its War on\nTerrorism (2004), the US launched a \u201c4-D\u201d strategy\u2014Defeat, Deny,\nDiminish, and Defend\u2014which opened up wider room for military\nintervention, from Afghanistan to Iraq. Moreover, without a rival\nsuperpower, Washington seems to feel it has a moral responsibility to\nmaintain global security, under the pretext of protecting human\nrights.<\/p>\n
It is recorded, citing the research Introducing the Military\nIntervention Project (2024), that since 1776 the US has carried out\naround 400 interventions in various countries. Nearly a quarter occurred\nafter 1991 or the post-Cold War era and the collapse of the Soviet\nUnion.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/not-trump-this-figure-is-the-culprit-behind-the-us-always-interfering-in-other-countries-1774749048", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }