Hope's response for Part Two

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

There are both risks and benefits of the US engineering a regime change in other countries. One benefit is that once we help someone’s economy then they may help us back and we can become allies. For example, according to “Iran the Next Iraq”, once we helped Iran by giving them a good army and weapons, they gave us oil. However, there are also risks in engineering a regime change in other countries. One risk is that if we get too involved in a country then the country may get mad at us and will become enemies and loose soldiers in war. When we tried to help Iran, we gave their Shah too much power and protected him. He left Iran in poverty, people starving on the streets. America supported the Shah, and even hid him when the the Iranians wanted to hang him, so Iran became enemies with America. President George W. Bush even called Iran the “Axis of Evil” and Ayatollah Khomeini called America the “Great Satan”. As you can see, there are benefits, but at the same time risks of 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.

No, unless the country needs America’s help and asks for it. Otherwise our relationship will most likely just fall apart and result in chaos and angry people who rebel. For instance, look what happened when we got involved with Iran and gave Iran’s Shah power-they burned American flags and even held 52 Americans hostage and attacked our embassy!