Do we still use the Monroe Doctrine today?
541894
Yes as long as thing run smooth and there isn't any ripples made.
3562
I'd look at the Monroe Doctrine (i think).  It has a statement by a former president that says that the American dream should be for the country to touch the atlantic and the pacific.  \nUS rail system encouraged travelers & those moving by providing efficient transportation.\nFed Govt encouraged this by buying, annexing, and winning by force property that is now the United States.\nNative Americans presented a barrier and discouraged those moving to live in a place where raids were frequent.  The US should have made terms with the Native Americans to make peace in the beginning.\nImmigrants went where ever jobs were needed, so they were always ready to move somewhere else if they could get a job.\nHope it helps.
59133
It's so interesting how you asked that. You said "current opinion." They mystery behind his assassination is just that......a mystery. So theories and conclusions have been drawn and studies and research into the magic bullet are still being evaluated. As a result, our own opinions seem to change as often as the investigation. When Oliver Stone's movie came out, we all began to "pick a little, talk a little" about Johnson's involvement. Cuba's involvement..........the mafia's involvement......... Marilyn's old boyfriend's involvement...........and the list goes on and on. When a country has an trauma as extreme as JFK's assasination, we need answers. When we don't have straight out answers, we create theories, when the theories don't always pan out, we create more theories. So here I've gone on a ramble about agreeing with your words and didn't even answer your question. My current opinion...........I don't know. *sigh*
1096355
its an age old custom which has mostly died out now.rem reading about it in history classes
1046226
Absolutely.  I think we do the same exact thing Reagan did to Libya.  We send 1 ICBM with a conventional war head to the missile site and 49 others to the personal residences of the dictator in charge.  Usually that gets the point across....It did with Libya.
935471
The Civil War, the Cold War, and some nifty little operations like when Grenada was taken.  American students were there and would likely have been killed.  The public didn't even hear about it until the U.S. military had taken control of the island and rescued  the students.  Reagan took care of that with executive authority.\n\nThe Demonrats of old were not pacifists.  The party is not the same as it was then.  So your statement about the past is not relevant to the parties of today.\n\nClinton never solved anything after terrorist acts or dealt with the Middle East problems the whole 8 yrs he was in the Oval Office.  Oh... wait... .he was too busy.\n\nAt least Bush is trying to deal with the situation in Iraq.... and given enough time has a chance to resolve it.  That is.... if peace can ever be brought to the Middle East.  If not.... no Demonrat could do any better.  They are quick to criticize, but offer no plans of their own.  Their "plan" but be to just pretend it isn't there and it will go away.\n\nSue
730536
What Europeans are trying to take over lands in the Americas?  I haven't heard of any lately, so the Monroe Doctrine couldn't be invoked.
358524
no not anymore than some other things that have been done by us like the Indian wars
642025
it's still used.\ni guess it's universal. old language and all
1133616
No to the theocracy in the US - but, in the same sense, I don't think we should push democracy on countries that will seriously be thrown into chaos as soon as it is introduced (USSR, China, Vietnam, Iraq, etc.). I think it's very arrogant of us Americans to think our way is the best way for everyone - the only way democracy truly works is if it evolves on its own when people get tired of the way things are being run.
625867
This smells like a research paper you should be doing your own research for.  I'll just say the foreign policy of the 1950's was totally dominated by worldwide struggle with the USSR for allies and hegemony.  Everything else was secondary.  On top of the perpetual war footing and a major shooting war in Korea there was the threat of nuclear holocaust.  And the American imagination has latched onto the idea that this decade was innocent and carefree, a Golden Age that makes our own times dark and frightening in comparison.  This grotesque glorification of the past plays right into the hands of the current regime, which manipulates fear to stay in power and strip away our constitutional rights.
838326
Our policies in the 1890's were The Monroe Doctrine, a policy of restricting European influence in the Americas, and The Open Door Policy in China, a statement that we intended to keep China open economically to all possible trading partners.  Arguably, our involvement in WWI was consistent with the Monroe Doctrine in that it sought to prevent The Triple Entente from practicing similar interventions elsewhere in the world and, in the hearts and minds of Americans of the time, sought to prevent Germany from emerging as some unmanageable super-power.
974692
G'day Wende H,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nFull metal jacket bullets were acceptable under the Hague Convention of 1899. They were generally used during World War 2.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
161749
Yes. Cuba at the time posed a significant threat to the United States, since it was closely allied with the USSR diplomatically, and was only about 60 miles from Miami, one of the US' largest cities. A war fought there could have meant the end of the United States.\n\nAlso, the Madison Doctrine technically makes US intervention in Latin American politics allowed, although it is a distasteful piece of legislation. Still, it is essential to American national security.\n\nIt was poorly executed because Castro knew what was happening, and the invasion was poorly planned. The CIA trained exiles were also expecting massive amounts of internal help from Cubans, but they were disappointed. Almost no one showed up at the party.
816877
No.  Unless you think that our deadly enemies of the time (USSR, Peoples Rep. of China and all their satellite nations) who would have loved to embarrass the US were all some how paid off to not mention their radar and radio telescopic readings.  Common sense...our enemies were tracking it the same as we were...if there had been any funny business...they would have screamed bloody murder...instead, they re-doubled their own space and missile programs.
1185102
No.  It is an outdated and flawed system that is representative of qualities similar to that of the British empire in which our forefathers fought so desperately to get away from.  We are becoming the United Empire of America....it is a very scary time in our history.  I think politics have outgrown the fair representation of Americans.
975803
Yes.  The long standing link between the USA and Britain just about ensured we would, even if the British high command wanted to use American troops as cannon fodder by putting them in the role of replacements in the line and the trenches.  Americans and British both can thank John Pershing for demanding that US troops were used and commanded by American commanders.