When looking at the websites nti-War.Com and The American Conservative noticed how even though both their main goals were different they both shared strong rhetoric regarding limited government. Anti-war was straight forward with it not wanting the U.S, government to go overseas and continue the wars we currently are in. The American Conservative mentioned being a main-stream conservative media outlet. When going over what it supported it specifically mentioned being against unchecked government power which is similar to Anti-War in the way that it opposes imperialism and war which arguably fall under "unchecked" power.
When hearing about unchecked power one must consider the situation going on with Iran. When looking at the situation the U.S. is arguably being unchecked with its power. It has imposed secondary tariffs on Iran meaning that in certain situation the sanctions we put on Iran can be extended to other states and businesses who work with Iran. This is one of the most aggressive forms of economic pressure out there which many have an issue with. When drawing back to the websites, it does make one question why our government is trying to monitor these countries across the world.
In our course, there was a quote by George Washington, "America does not go finding monsters to slay." This quote really resonates with this situation due to the fact that the U.S. government has gone abroad for the last several decades to the Middle East trying to slay monsters. I always thought U.S. intervention was normal but from this course, I have learned it isn't which makes me wonder why we are in these wars such as the abstract "War on Terrorism" which hasn't ended and now possibly looking to go to war with Iran. After learning the U.S. hasn't always been this way really makes me wonder why we don't go back at all.
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