"The united States possesses unprecedented and unequaled-strength and influence in the world. Sustained by faith in the principals of liberty, and the value of a free society, this position comes with unparalleled responsibilities, obligations, and opportunity."
(President Bush, National Security Strategy, June 2002)
In the turn of the 20th century, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was the most powerful nation; it prospered economically, militarily, and politically. With this increase in power came a great consideration over how the United States would deal with foreign affairs. After the attacks on the World Trade Center the idea of preemptive measures became the highlight of the Bush's National Security Strategy. Everything was based on acting upon the terrorist before being attacked by them. The rest of the world, however, did not agree in preemptive measures and this caused the United States to loose many of its allies. When the United States......
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