I'll answer this as if it wasn't a rhetorical question: Because U.S. society values the concept of freedom. >'Why does the U.S. gov't ignore it's constitution

I'll answer this as if it wasn't a rhetorical question: Because U.S. society values the concept of freedom. >'Why does the U.S. gov't ignore it's constitution?' Well for some prerogatives, freedom is less important and some people decidedly make decisions that violate the law and freedoms of a people. > 'takes away freedom from its citizens' See above >'takes away freedom from...' U.S. gov't really doesn't have any obligation to citizens of another country unless explicitly stated. I of course, understand the general premise that the United States stay largely out of other nations affairs is well intentioned, however the previous two times that happened (beginning of WWI and WWII) did not go well. So while meddling U.S. foreign policy is far from perfect, it seems as there has yet been a WWIII to be better than the other alternative, and I'd say the track record is such that more freedoms have been guaranteed to more people via the U.S. than otherwise. I've got no data to back that up though.