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#3) Can intervention by the national military ever benefit a Third World country?
It is common knowledge that the large majority of today’s countries have military forces. Since history has demonstrated that human nature is one involved with continual conflict and a struggle for survival, it is to be expected that military interventions will occur. In need of analysis, however, is the query whether this type of intervention can ever prove beneficial to less developed countries (LDCs).
After a conscientious review of the applicable research materials, it is this analysis’ finding that military interventions can, in fact, benefit a Third World country in such affairs as combating corruption, creating stability, and developing the economy. However, benefits in these areas are far and few in between, largely due to the self-interest of military regimes and/or their ignorance (due to lack of education) in regards to managing a nation. ... After the Civil Revolution, in which Fidel Castro and his military regime emerged victorious, power was taken over from the guerrillas - combat groups notorious for corruption. (Raso, October 16, 2003) After the guerrillas’ demise, Castro was able to implement new social and economic reforms that would greatly benefit the Cubans. ... 147) asserts that Nigeria’s lengthy periods of military rule have made the country infamous for its corruption. ... It continued well into the 1983 elections and in a matter of weeks after the new Shagari government came to power, a military coup transpired. ...
Additionally, in Africa military intervention is so frequent that the ruling regime lives in continual fear that their ruling days are soon to end. ... And in Asia, it has been said that many military staff became corrupt before the coup even occurs. ... 244) In short, therefore, it seems that for the most part, even if a military government attempts to fight corruption, in the end they too become its prey. ...
Another potential benefit resulting from military intervention in a Third World country, is its faculty to establish stability. ... The military regime (remaining a force in the background) created the order needed to spur gradual political change and cleared the way for a stable elected government. ... Similarly, in Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile, the brutish regimes were so feared by radical movements on both sides of the ideological gamut, that they shifted their political positions to a more moderate outlook in order to discourage any further armed forces intervention.
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