The Sheep said:What moral, economic, and political responsibilities does the United States/and other developed countries have towards the rest of the world? In other words, should we assist Afirca in its war against AIDs? Should we help the underdeveloped world to become developed countries? Yes or no and then why. You please explain yourself.
This is a thread to express your opinions. Not to get flamed by ignorant dumbasses who dont want to accept other people's opinions because their opions conflict with their own.
'Nuff said.
This post is a perfect example that proves we are not in Iraq to help Iraqis. Because we don't care about them. We don't care about anybody.Originally posted by 128shot
Nope.
We got our own nation to worry about. These countrys can go to hell for all I care, its not our job to play international agency.
While we're at it, drop the damn UN too.
Billo_Really said:This post is a perfect example that proves we are not in Iraq to help Iraqis. Because we don't care about them. We don't care about anybody.
This is the same attitude that was prevalent in Weimar, Germany in the '30's. When faced with obvious atrocities being done in our name, we just look the other way and say, "Not us. We come from the moral high-ground". The Germans didn't start caring until Eisenhower forced them to bury the their dead. I hope we start caring before someone does the same to us.
Billo_Really said:This post is a perfect example that proves we are not in Iraq to help Iraqis. Because we don't care about them. We don't care about anybody.
This is the same attitude that was prevalent in Weimar, Germany in the '30's. When faced with obvious atrocities being done in our name, we just look the other way and say, "Not us. We come from the moral high-ground". The Germans didn't start caring until Eisenhower forced them to bury the their dead. I hope we start caring before someone does the same to us.
We've been dummed down so much, I'm not sure outrage is possible. I do know one thing about Americans, once we get motivated on a particular issue, we do something about it. That's been our history. Part of our heritage. Every time our nation has had a common goal, problems got solved.Originally posted by Timmyboy:
Very well said Billy. We do have a role to play in the world and we must be actively involved in the world. If we ignore the world's problems then eventually those problems will become worse and eventually we will have to deal with them whether we want to or not. Everything that happens in the world affects everybody. The problem is that we get involved in the wrong places for the wrong reasons and then we don't get involved in other places when we need to get involved for good reason. Rwanda and Bosnia are prime examples of the US needing to be actively involved to prevent a genocide. Yet, we did not get involved at all and in Bosnia I can safely say we accommodated, rewarded genocide rather than worked to prevent it. In Iraq, my perception is that we are involved for oil and not really for the best interests of the Iraqi people or the rest of the world. I mean, just look at the Bush Adminstration, the whole cabinet comes from oil comanies. We can at least prove that their is a conflict of interest with a cabinet that all came from the oil industry and the big bucks the oil industry gave to get Bush elected. All the evidence points to oil interests as being the reason for us being in Iraq. The Bush Adminstration isn't going to come out and say that because he knows it would generate an outrage, so he can't come out and say the truth.
WWII was a just war. Europe was doomed unless we got into it. We came together as a country, made a lot of sacrifices, and did the world a big-ass favor. We earned the respect of the world because of what we did as a nation after we were attacked.Originally Posted by 128shot:
certainly did come off that way didn't I?
but weither you believe it or not, Hitler would have hurt us indirectly if not directly, and surely we should have known that.
So WWII acted in everyone interests, including our own.
ludahai said:The United States should help less fortunate peoples of the world. However, aid should only be given to governments that are transparent and where it can be verified that the aid is being received by those for who it is intended. Unfortunately, few recipients of U.S. aid meet that criterion. The U.S. should also provide military assistance to free nations of the world under threat from larger, non-democratic bullies.
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