Most of the issues outside our borders would not affect us if we did not but in. Many of these conflicts have been going on for decades, centuries in some cases. They would continue to kill each other off for whatever their crusade is. We get involved & just further create more enemies as if that is what we really need.
The U.S. has hundreds of millions for aid to foreign countries yet shitted on their own in this country during Katrina. They do next to nothing to curb the drug problems or homeless issues in our border. But wait, the government is a big part of the problem in those 2 issues amongst the many others.
I am not knocking you for contributing, but just feel the outpouring in general to do so is ridiculous when it is nonexistent for daily important problems.
LOL if you truly believe your first statement.
The rest of your post is just appalling. "A way for nature to balance itself out" - what the hell is this?
No, Haiti will never get better if we just quit trying altogether. The same goes for your grammar, although I doubt help would do you much good at this point.
Perhaps you didn't see Haitians helping with Katrina or Ike because they do not have the vast financial resources that Americans do and thus cannot donate their money to the cause or create foundations which use donated money to send people over to help with the recovery. And it's not like Haitians could just go buy a ticket and fly to the US to help with the relief effort, considering their average wage is something like $1/day.
If the roles were reversed (Haiti the wealthy, powerful nation while American is the current day Haiti), of course they would help. Do you realize how bad that would look if they didn't (and if America didn't in this case)? Basic foreign relations.
hno:
pretty sure any justification for, those with the means, not helping in some small way is greed. i really can't see it any other way. but all this "they wouldn't do it for us" BS is ridiculous... two wrongs and all, ya know?
now if you want to talk about US foreign policy, i'm willing to listen and may agree with a lot of what you have to say. but on a personal level we have no excuses.
now if you want to talk about US foreign policy, i'm willing to listen and may agree with a lot of what you have to say. but on a personal level we have no excuses.
So with that thinking, can we count on donations to soup kitchens, homeless shelters, food banks, etc....? I don't hear people offering to donate to that. Why must it take extreme tragedy for people to want to help foreign countries no less? Why do we only hear the media encouraging donations during the holiday season especially Thanksgiving?
This world has a whole is so fucked up, it is sad to think what the future generations will have left.
