Abbie's Part 2

Part II

1. Describe some of the risks and benefits of the United States engineering a regime change in other countries. (a change in the government)  Use “Iran the Next Iraq”, “Argo” and the Upfront Article, “What’s the Deal with Iran” to help  defend your answer.

There are many risks and benefits of the United States engineering a regime change in other countries. One of the risks are that if the United States takes their control of the other countries and their governments too far they could get those other countries mad and end up creating themselves wars against these countries and their governments. In the movie “Argo,” the Americans who were in Iran were attacked and killed because they protected and hid the Shah from the Iranians. The Americans started giving the Shah power by lending Iran some of their weapons. After the United States gave the Shah their power, the Shah took advantage of the Iranians and took all their money. This caused the Iranians to want to hang the Shah. The Americans protected the Shah from the Iranians and the Iranians got mad at Americans. After this, Iran started war with America and broke into their Embassy. This proves that they tried to help Iran's government, but it created war. Although there are risks, there are also benefits. A benefit of the United States changing other countries’ governments is that if they help another country's economy they could get the same help back in return. This shows that there are both risks and benefits of the United States engineering a regime change in other countries.

2. (Use #4 to help you answer this question) Should the United States get involved in other countries’ policies? Use all the articles you have and additional research to answer this question.

I do not think the United States should get involved in other countries’ policies because in the movie “Argo” it shows that the Americans helped Iran and even gave them some of their weapons to help them and gave the Shah power. The Iranians ended up burning 52 American Flags and taking hostage of people in the Embassy.