In a recent interview with Bill O'Reilly, President Trump equated American actions with that of Russia by saying that America is not innocent either. To some degree I think that he may be correct but I think the discussion needs to be deeper than that by digging into the ideas behind intent. Most of American policies and efforts are put forth for a need to keep America or its allies safe. In general it is not our intent I believe here in the the 21st Century to invade and colonize another country. I think that colonization is a practice from the past that is just not the same today has it was up to the middle of the 20th Century. Our presence in the world is more of a global effort for generally keeping peace throughout the world in conjunction with our Allied nations and the United Nations. Together they impose sanctions on countries that don't follow international laws, treaties and agreements.

America maintains military bases throughout the world in order to help deter efforts that go against these international laws but I can't equate these bases, contained spaces that they are and usually in agreement with the nations they are in, as a method of colonization.

Russia, on the other hand, has in the recent past and continues to have sanctions put upon them for the meddling in the Ukraine by trying to destabilize the area, annex Crimea and, meddle in the functions of other governments through the use of cyber espionage and hacking. The intentions here are much more dangerous in terms of destabilization of the world rather than to find peace and help Allies. There is much debate currently whether or not Russian and Iran have teamed up to be a positive or negative influence in Syria where thousands of civilian refugees are literally running for their lives. The question is, has I have heard it on the news, is President Trump excusing these influences, encouraging  Russia to continue its destabilization plan or is he trying to find a meeting of the minds in which we can work together with Russia to fight terrorism in the Middle East?


I plan to look at our history, which is a lengthy process to look at American values and our intent when it comes to our home security, economic growth, and foreign relations.