# Rumsfeld wants US to head world police force

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-wants-us-to-head-world-police-force/184894>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 28, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-wants-us-to-head-world-police-force/184894 "2003-06-28T00:49:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-wants-us-to-head-world-police-force/184894/21 "2003-06-29T18:15:24Z")

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I don’t know how much I trust the U.S. govt. Are the Swiss more worthy of my trust?

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-wants-us-to-head-world-police-force/184894/22 "2003-06-29T18:31:57Z")

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_originally posted by gex gex_

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> Then again, if this is such a heinous crime, why is it OK for the U.S. to have the maintenance and expansion of its hegemony as one of its top foreign policy goals?

If you would kindly re-read my posts more carefully you will see that I said the opposite.  
_originally posted by treis_

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> In the real politik sense of the world this is absolutely the best move for both parties involed Europe trying to gain power and the U.S. trying to maintain it.

_originally posted by treis_

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> However in the moral sense of the world the U.S. is being greedy as hell doing all it can to maintain an extravigant life style while much of Africa and Asia is dirt poor.

_originally posted by zoo_

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> I don’t know how much I trust the U.S. govt. Are the Swiss more worthy of my trust?

Personally I trust the U.S. government more becuase I can hold them accountible for their actions by voting. (well next year)

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**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-wants-us-to-head-world-police-force/184894/23 "2003-06-29T20:07:48Z")

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I don’t know how much I trust the U.S. govt. Are the Swiss more worthy of my trust?

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**Author:** ![The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumsfeld-wants-us-to-head-world-police-force/184894/24 "2003-06-30T00:02:20Z")

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Big deal honestly. The US realized that NATO and the UN cannot be relied upon to go along with their agenda so they want to create their own police force.

I have no problem with this as long as its used for constructive purposes.

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