| Going through the history of International | | | | been their crime. Another reason dealing US |
| relations in the post- cold war era, you can | | | | intervention in pulling out Iraq from Kuwait |
| observe several political crises originating | | | | is "not to keep oil prices low, but to keep |
| from the military and clandestine operations | | | | Washington, Wall Street, and their allies in |
| of the United States. This overflow of | | | | charge of setting oil prices" (qtd. in. Noam |
| international crises dealing with America's | | | | Chomsky, 1991)3. "It's been a leading, |
| operations are better defined as" US | | | | driving doctrine of U.S. foreign policy since |
| interventions". This concept of intervention | | | | the 1940s that the vast and unparalleled |
| is a well- known term in the political | | | | energy resources of the Gulf region will be |
| history of the world, especially during the | | | | effectively dominated by the United States |
| 90s in the United States, George H. W. Bush | | | | and its clients, and, crucially, that no |
| and Bill Clinton's presidency. Not a single | | | | independent, indigenous force will be |
| country has ever meddled with international | | | | permitted to have a substantial influence on |
| affairs irrelevant to its country than the | | | | the administration of oil production and |
| United States, However, in some periods | | | | price." (qtd. In. Noam Chosky, 1991)4.The |
| Soviet Union was playing US exceptional | | | | other crucial intervention which is called a |
| current role in the world. Through history, | | | | "humanitarian intervention" ocuured in Bosnia |
| it has been proved that US foreign policy is | | | | and Yugoslavia during 1993- 1995 and 1999. |
| basically laid upon its national interests, | | | | Other so-called "humanitarian interventions" |
| whether political or economical. These | | | | were centered in the Balkan region of Europe, |
| policies are mostly legitimized by expressing | | | | after the 1992 breakup of the federation of |
| moralities and ethical issues. But the | | | | Yugoslavia. The U.S. watched for three years |
| motivation attracting US to persue such | | | | as Serb forces killed Muslim civilians in |
| policies is to introduce himself as a new | | | | Bosnia, before its launched decisive bombing |
| economic and political ruler for the world, | | | | raids in 1995. Even then, it never intervened |
| as William Blum indicated; "The engine of | | | | to stop atrocities by Croatian forces against |
| American foreign policy has been fueled not | | | | Muslim and Serb civilians, because those |
| by a devotion to any kind of morality, but | | | | forces were aided by the U.S. In 1999, the |
| rather by the necessity to serve other | | | | U.S. bombed Serbia to force President |
| imperatives".1The end of Cold War provided | | | | Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw forces from |
| United States with a kind of unprecedented | | | | the ethnic Albanian province of Kosovo. The |
| preponderance over other countries. US | | | | bombing intensified Serbian expulsions and |
| economy and its defense spending a much | | | | killings of Albanian civilians from Kosovo, |
| greater than its rivals, "its economy is 40% | | | | and caused the deaths of thousands of Serbian |
| larger than the second country. U.S. military | | | | civilians, even in cities that had voted |
| spending ($343 billion in the year 2000) is | | | | strongly against Milosevic. When a NATO |
| 69 percent greater than that of the next five | | | | occupation force enabled Albanians to move |
| highest nations combined" (qtd. in. Zoltan | | | | back, U.S. forces did little or nothing to |
| Grossman, 2001)2. US is now ruling the world | | | | prevent similar brutality against Serb and |
| in higher education, scientific research and | | | | other non-Albanian civilians. The U.S. was |
| advance technology so that others can hardly | | | | viewed as a biased player.1998, in Sudan the |
| catch up with this superpower. This | | | | US had missile attacks on a pharmaceutical |
| extraordinary strategic position of the US is | | | | plant alleged to be "terrorist" nerve gas |
| a great implication for its foreign policy. | | | | plant. Over 30000 civilians were injured. US |
| When Soviet Union has gone, US leaders can | | | | blocks UN war-crimes inquiry at the Security |
| pursue their goals without worrying how | | | | Council. |
| others will respond and these goals will | | | | |
| undoubtedly affect other countries. During | | | | The last but not the least intervention is |
| the 90s, United States had the most number of | | | | still going on. In 2003, to pursue its post 9 |
| international interventions all over the | | | | 11 policies, US invaded Iraq with large |
| world, approximately 17 cases in which the | | | | ground, air and naval forces oust government |
| most important ones occurred in Middle East. | | | | of Saddam Hussein and established a new |
| The major interventions are as follows: 1990 | | | | government. Since the September 11 attacks on |
| in Iraq (Gulf War), 1991 in Haiti, 1992-1994 | | | | the United States, most people in the world |
| in Yugoslavia, 1993- 1995 in Bosnia, 1994- | | | | agree that the perpetrators need to be |
| 1996 in Haiti, 1995 in Croatia, 1996- 1997 in | | | | brought to justice, without killing many |
| Zaire (Congo), 1997 in Liberia, 1998 in | | | | thousands of civilians in the process. But |
| Sudan, 1998 in Afghanistan, 1998 in Iraq, | | | | unfortunately, the U.S. military has always |
| 1999 in Yugoslavia, 2001 in Macedonia, 2001 | | | | accepted massive civilian deaths as part of |
| in Afghanistan and so many other sanctions | | | | the cost of war. The military is now poised |
| signed in UN Security council against Iran, | | | | to kill thousands of foreign civilians, in |
| Iraq and Cuba. All of these military | | | | order to prove that killing U.S. civilians is |
| interventions can be defined through the idea | | | | wrong."It is a big idea: a new world order... |
| of New World Order first stated by George H. | | | | only the United States has both the moral |
| W. Bush, which US administrators have always | | | | standing & the means to back it up." |
| been thinking "they" are to realize this | | | | |
| "Order"- believed to be a real disorder by | | | | Former President George Bush, USA Jan. 29, |
| others- by all means.Here, we will be | | | | 1991What is today very much apparent is that |
| discussing some more important interventions. | | | | US is showing its crisis management all over |
| 1990, After Iraq invades Kuwait, the U.S. | | | | the world roling as an international police. |
| deployed forces in the Persian Gulf which | | | | The final goal US is trying to obtain is "the |
| turned Washington against its former Iraqi | | | | extension of its political and economic |
| ally Saddam Hussein. U.S. supported the | | | | hegemony as wide as possible".References: |
| Kuwaiti monarchy and the Muslim | | | | |
| fundamentalist monarchy against the secular | | | | 1. Blum, William. "A Brief History of US |
| Iraq regime. US drop more bombs than in all | | | | Interventions: 1945 to the Present", Z |
| of Vietnam or World War II, the air campaign | | | | magazine, June 1999. See also Blum |
| kills between 100,000 and 200,000 Iraqis and | | | | |
| destroys civilian infrastructure. US allow | | | | 2. Grossman, Zoltan. "A Century of US |
| Iraqi helicopters use of "No-fly Zone" | | | | Military Interventions: From Wounded Knee to |
| airspace to crush the uprising. Relentless | | | | Afghanistan", Znet, September 2001. Web |
| bombing for more than 40 days and nights, | | | | Site: Academic.evergreen.edu |
| against one of the most advanced nations in | | | | |
| the Middle East, devastating its ancient and | | | | 3. Chomsky, Noam. "Gulf War Pullout", |
| modern capital city; depleted uranium weapons | | | | Zmagazine, Febraury 1991. Web Site: |
| incinerating people, causing cancer; blasting | | | | |
| chemical and biological weapon storage and | | | | 4. Ghahghaei did her BA in English language |
| oil facilities; poisoning the atmosphere to a | | | | and literature at the University of tehran. |
| degree perhaps never happened anywhere; | | | | She is currently doing her MA in American |
| burying soldiers alive, deliberately; | | | | Studies at the University of Tehran, |
| sanctions continued to this day multiplying | | | | Institute for North American and European |
| the health problems; perhaps a million | | | | Studies.She is mostly interested in |
| children dead by now from malnutrition and | | | | international relations, US foreign policy |
| disease. Iraq was the strongest military | | | | and US cinema. |
| power among the Arab states. This may have | | | | |