What is an example of an argument in support of american imperialism?

businessmen urging the United States to compete with other nations for natural resources.

Explanation:

Although America never proclaimed itself as an empire, historians have accused it of imperialism and neo-colonialism. Twentieth-century witnessed that the united states foreign policy influenced by the economic interest of businessman and when any threat to these interests came up it would turn into a war-like situation. Korean and Vietnam war examples of its imperialism.

because this was the year that the state of israel was formed