Should the U.S. use its military and financial power to act as the world's policeman?

Yes

No

1. Unstable regions can be havens for terrorists.
2. Nations cannot grow and develop with constant threat of warlords and terrorists trying to gain power.
3. Humanitarian aid often cannot reach its intended recipients.
4. Genocide and atrocities can be avoided or lessened.
5. Militant ideologies could expand without us, threatening the lives and resources of democratic countries.
6. Living with oppression and a constant state of terror throughout an entire population is worse than the risk of a few deaths.
7. It could eventually lead to a united, stable world.
8. No other country in the world has the power to play this role.

1. It could increase an already growing anti-American sentiment around the world.
2. We could make many wrong decisions (e.g. when we armed & financed Saddam Hussein).
3. U.S. soldiers would be put in harm's way.
4. Civilians would be killed on many of the missions.
5. Much of a country could be destroyed in a liberation attempt.
6. The financial cost of being a world policeman is extremely high.