The United States of America is a rogue state. It is the most powerful outlaw state the world has ever known. Discuss.

The term 'rogue state' was first used by the U.S. after the end of the Cold War. The first state to be worthy of such a description was Panama, then under the rule of Manuel Noriega. Noriega's connection to drugs was the pretext for a December 1989 invasion by the United States military. The concept of the 'rogue state' has been central to the interventionist nature of American foreign policy since the end of the …showed first 75 words of 3057 total…

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