America's Role Term Paper

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America's Role In World Humanity

Since the days of the Founding Fathers, the United States has always seen itself as an example for the rest of the world, politically, culturally, and economically. And indeed throughout the decades the United States has been seen by the rest of the world as a pillar of strength, might, and mercy. One would be hard pressed to name another country that has offered more financial and humanitarian aid to other countries than the United States.

Just this past week, a deadly earthquake hit Iran, leaving the ancient two thousand year old city of Bam, as well as hundreds of miles of towns and villages in rubble. The death toll is expected to exceed 50,000 or more. Although, the United States has not had diplomatic relations with Iran since 1979, when revolutionaries overthrew the U.S.-backed Shah took American Embassy workers hostage, the U.
S. is sending search-and-rescue teams, food, and medical supplies (Savage 2003). More than 200 civilian disaster response specialists and a team of fifty-four doctors and other medical specialists were flown to Iran, along with more than 150,000 pounds of medical supplies delivered by the U.S. military bases in Kuwait (Savage 2003). Even though Iran is one of the countries listed as part of President Bush's 'axis of evil,' the severity and urgency of the situation led the United States to offer humanitarian aid (Savage 2003). State Department spokesman, Lou Fintor, responded by saying, "There is a human catastrophe in Iran and our only mission is to alleviate the human suffering ... these efforts will not alter the tone….....

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