Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - United States yakashandisa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana kuti iparadzanise uye irange "nyika dzisina kururama". Zvirambidzo zveupfumi zvakasimba zveparutivi rumwe chete, kazhinji kazhinji pamurayiro wekongiresi, zvakatemerwa kana kuti zvakasimbiswa kurwisana neIran, Libya, Cuba, Sudan, uye Afghanistan. Mushure mekupera kweHondo yeGulf muna 1991, United States yakasarudza kushandisa simba remhepo kurwisa Iraq kwemakore panguva yenzvimbo dzisina kubhururuka dzeIraq kuvamanikidza kuti vatevedze zvisarudzo zvakasiyana siyana zveUnited Nations Security Council zvine chekuita nekubvisa zvombo (kureva, Resolution 687) uye kodzero dzevanhu (kureva, Resolution 688). Maroketi okufambisa ndege akapfurwa kuAfghanistan neSudan kutsiva kurwisa kwegandanga paumishinari hweU.S. muKenya neTanzania
muna August 1998. Muna March 1999, NATO yakatanga nhimbe huru yokurwisa mabhomba mudenga kuYugoslavia mukupindura kudzvinyirira kweuto reYugoslavia vazviparadzanisi vorudzi rweAlbania mudunhu reKosovo.