Government - #101 - #61 - Does America have to be “number 1”?

Is the American policy based on America being “#1”?
Suppose America was “#2 or #3”, would it make a difference?

What differences would it make?
a – Foreign countries no longer would “have to “adapt” to America’s way of life.
b– America would come to be aware of whether or not a country was “ready” to adapt to America’s way of life.
c – America would no longer think “might makes right”.
d – America would think twice before invading another country because a dictator was doing “bad” things to its people.
e – America would act if America could be in harms way because a dictator was doing “bad” things and had control of its people by any means (secret police, the army, etc.).
f – America would not try to “overtly control” (by Nation building) once it eliminated the dictator and his machine for mistreating his people, and there was no threat to American interests.
g – America would come to realize that NOT everyone was even “remotely literate” or spoke a cohesive national tongue.
h – America would no longer think it could actively seek “Nation building” within a limited time period or with a limited cost to its treasury.
i – America would realize that it had “limits” to what it could for people who did not help themselves.
j – America would never leave its propaganda or diplomatic pursuits, but with the knowledge that pure “might makes right” doesn’t work!
k – America could leave “national commiseration” to private groups who could organize and raise funds providing it didn’t harm the American security or the American interests as outlined by the American Congress.
l – America’s need to be “#1” would disappear and we would be on a better track!

If America could live by these suggestions, the Author is sure that the American public in general would think more highly of the legislators than they do now!
Our whole National attitudes would change!

No, we would continue to be a model for world’s best living standards but we would NOT insist upon it!
We will continue to deal with the government who seems to rule. We have no way to deal with the people directly!