Communism and democracy were considered political opposites and clear opponents within the national government. The United States has a clear position on both fronts: quite simply, the latter is the ideal and the former is the worst form of government that can be used in the state. Communism was seen as the enemy of democracy and therefore the United States, and any state allowed to thrive as a communist nation posed not only a threat to the United States but to democracies everywhere. For years, the United States has had a strong propensity to combat all forms of communism, foreign or domestic, and to attempt to establish a democratic environment. We saw the fight against communism unfold in Korea, Greece, and finally culminate in the Vietnam War. Even though the “falling domino principle” has since proven to be nothing more than rhetoric and the threat of communism is no longer pressing, the United States seems to retain an interesting ideology: the need to intervene. We appear to have translated our ideology from intervention in communist nations to intervention in nations that host, victimize, and continue to have problems with terrorists. Many argue that after 9/11 there was “a new era of US foreign policy that sought to use the power of the planet's only surviving superpower to remake the world in its own image” (Hower), however the seed of this politics was planted long before the attacks on the Twin Towers. This article will analyze the actions taken by the United States under its two seemingly separate ideologies, decipher similarities and differences, and ultimately hopes to assert that the ideology of intervention has always been a crucial implication of American government, only The. ..... middle of sheet ......957, New York: Dial Press, 1978, p.3Hower, Mike. “How U.S. Foreign Policy Has Evolved from 9/11 to Syria.” Article-3.com. Np, September 11, 2013. Web. October 22, 2013. “Korean War.” History.com. A&E and Web Television Networks. October 23, 2013. "Korean War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, October 23, 2013. Web. October 23, 2013. “September 11 Attacks.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 October 2013. Web. 28 October 2013. Kim, Yăng-jin (1973). Great Powers and Korea. Silver Spring, MD: Korean Affairs Research Institute. 46.McCARTNEY, PT (2004), American Nationalism and US Foreign Policy from 9/11 to the Iraq War. Political Science Quarterly, 119: 399–423. doi: 10.2307/20202389Summers, Harry G. On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1982. Print."Vietnam War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 October 2013. Web. 23 October. 2013.