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Originally posted by Jeremy 2004
So basically, since it wasn't a threat to 'the nation' then US shouldn't get Involved????
i believe it was good. USA had the resources and caoabilities to help out suffering people, and that is what they ultimately did. Look at Zimbabwe, (my neighbor). Rob Mugabe is going on and on, destroying the place.
... Zim inflation at record 620% - Zimbabwe's official rate of inflation has gained almost 100 percentage points in November to stand at 619.5%.
... The official rate is £1 to Z$1,315
... Children in Zimbabwe are to become the latest victims of President Robert Mugabe's destruction of the economy, with fees at state schools about to go up at least 10 times.
South Africa is in a position where they can do something, but the ppl of ZIM are still suffering, as RSA are doing nothing.
... Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Monday slammed South Africa's failure to speak out against human rights violations in Zimbabwe.
"The credibility of our democracy demands this," he said in a statement. "If we are seemingly indifferent to human rights violations happening in a neighbouring country, what is to stop us one day being indifferent to that in our own?"
Tutu's comments came after President Thabo Mbeki shrugged off human rights concerns in Zimbabwe in a blistering attack on the Commonwealth for extending the country's suspension from the bloc of Britain and its former colonies.
Now you tell me, is it right to sit back and watch another nation perish, especially if u can help, just because it wasn't a threat to the safety of the nation????
.. when he is down, you should help your brother. |
Sorry if it isn't altruistic, but the U.S. shouldn't get involved in the affairs of other nations militarily without provocation. The U.S. military is not the
Peace Corps, it is a defensive organization to protect the nation.
The stated purpose of the military is to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States from enemies abroad and from within. Nowhere does it say "to bring peace on Earth". George Washington in his
Farewell address warned against entangling alliances with other countries politics as well. It is fine to send material aid to nations ,however our military should only be engaged under its Constitutional role. As for being able to afford it, the truth is we cannot.
America just plunged further into debt by the billions in order to finance the war and that is only for starters. The military is also being stretched thin so if we actually need them to protect the nation their readiness is compromised. And to add to that, the military lacks the proper supplies for those soldiers on the battlefield. It is easy to send out other people to do the job when that person isn't you. Anyhow, the only official peacekeeping force is that of the U.N..
A good opinion piece on Iraq from a Libertarian:
The Liberation of Iraq
