On April 27, my classmate published a post regarding Obama and his work concerning the protection of Libya. She communicated her disdain towards the U.S.A for their repeated fleeing to the “charity cases” of the world while issues still exist here on the home front. Obama said “some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different." Yet she, as well as I, believes in improving our own situations before proceeding to assist others.
I do believe in helping others when necessary, but there are times where time is needed for oneself. Soldiers are still abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan and many have died serving this country for unclear reasons. To send even more out to other ailing countries without return of our other serving men and women is a bit much. More families will be torn apart and put together with foreigners who have governments as parts of countries of their own. If it necessary that we integrate our democracy into other countries to improve them, maybe it is also necessary we start creating blueprints to mail to all of them so they’d have an outline to follow and our men and women can stay home. We’d kill two birds with one stone without killing our soldiers.
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