Rise Of A Superpower

Ryan Wulpi W233-02 TKO

The necessity for another superpower in the world becomes more apparent currently, in this election year, than we have seen in the last 15 years. The go-it-alone approach that the current administration utilizes has run its course. Watching the debate tonight, one notices an enormous gap among the two candidates. On one hand, there stands a President who has shunned the rest of the world and who has taken this approach, alienating the rest of the global community. On the other hand, stands a candidate that desires to assemble a better relationship with the rest of the civilized countries in the world. Throughout the Cold War, the world viewed the United States as a ‘big brother’, coming to the aid of weaker countries and as a buffer to the aggressive policies of the communist Soviet Union. Now, since the fall of the USSR, and the rise of Russia in its place, comprised with the Bush Administration’s foreign polices, the world now perceives us as a ‘big bully.’ The international community needs an additional superpower to ascend and develop into a buffer against the United States. The United States has gone from promoting democracy to imposing it upon the world. It is apparent to us, who live in a democracy that it remains the most viable form of government. But we have to convince the rest of the world, not forcibly deposit them into the world of democracy.