United States International Relations

They question of how the United States should conduct itself in international affairs does not have a single "correct" answer, and it is open to a wide room of debate. The U.S influences the world militarily, economically, politically, and by the providing of aid to those in need., that being "right" or "wrong" is fully opinion.
Having power, and the ability to project that power, tempts the powerful into using it. A lot of nations are powerful (India, China, Russia to a lesser degree) but lack the ability to project that power. Since the USA is so powerful when we use our military, it is always against someone weaker. Even in situations with nothing to gain (Somalia) one can wind up with a bloody nose. We went to feed the starving victims of the civil war in Somalia, identified war as the problem, and tried to set peace. Unfortunately the guys fighting were not ready to stop, or give up their power. Some people think that we should not have even gone to Somalia, that it was none...