Military International Events

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II. International events involving the US military
A. International Event Involving the US Military (2012-2018) # 1:

1. One international event that occurred in late 2012 was in Jordan. There were 150 U.S. troops deployed to Jordan to help it contain the Syrian Civil War within Syria's borders. There was fear of Syria losing control of its chemical weapons.
2. Another international policing role event occurred in Turkey. This event linked to the previous event I have spoken about above. Like Jordan, Turkey is also supporting the Syrian opposition to President Bashar Al-Assad.

B. International Event Involving the US Military (2012-2018) # 2:

1. Name and date the event # 2.
2. Name of the post-Civil War foreign policy that event # 2 can be
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The second one was the use of Atom bomb in World War II, which was decisive to establish America as the super power in the world was the invention of atom bomb
C. Third role was global war on terror which resulted to be the Afghanistan war. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks IV. International incidents since World War II where America has taken on a policing role AND the driving forces that fueled international policy decisions involving the international incidents (Consider treaties, exit strategies, elections, wars, etc.).

A. America as World Police: International Incident # 1 (1945-2018)

1. The Vietnam War - The Vietnam War which is a blot on the ability of US superpower policing image, took place between 1961 to1973
2. The war took place because the Northern Communist Party formed the National Liberation Front to unite north and south Vietnam which was under US. Despite that the US had modern arms and ammunitions, the North Vietnamese forces were able to attack by adopting Guerrilla tactics
B. America as World Police: International Incident # 2 (1945-2018)
1. War between South Korea and North Korea happened during 1950 to 1953.
2. American troops were fighting for South Korea which was a democratic nation against North Korea which was a communist