USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statements would President Woodrow Wilson most likely support today?
A
Punishing Iraq and Afghanistan as much as possible for causing the U.S. to be at war over thee for well over a decade.
B
Send troops and attack Iran as soon as possible before they have a chance to develop a nuclear weapon.
C
the U.S. should determine how many soldiers and what weapons each country in the Middle East should have.
D
The U.S. should work with other nations around the world to come to a peaceful resolution keeping Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nuclear weapons represent the ultimate defense of the nation, a deterrent against any and all potential adversaries. Combined with diplomacy and conventional military capabilities, nuclear weapons have helped to avoid a large-scale conflict between leading world powers for over fifty years.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the extreme danger intrinsic to nuclear war and the possession of nuclear weapons became apparent to all sides during the Cold War, a series of disarmament and nonproliferation treaties were agreed upon between the United States, the Soviet Union, and several other states throughout the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -1950s-1960s. Iran’s nuclear program was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States. On 5 March 1957, a “proposed agreement for cooperation in research in the peaceful uses of atomic energy” was announced under the Eisenhower administration’s Atoms for Peace program.

Detailed explanation-4: -Currently, Iran has a uranium stockpile to create 8 to ten nuclear bombs. But thanks to this nuclear deal, Iran must reduce its stockpile of uranium by 98%, and will keep its level of uranium enrichment at 3.67%-significantly below the enrichment level needed to create a bomb.

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