To Help or Not to help?

In Nick Roberts’ blog, Foreign U.S. Work in The Middle East, he describes how America struggles to help fix other countries when we can barley help ourselves.

I agree with his views that diplomacy is much more highly acceptable over war. Other countries have their own ways for handling problems, and with the U.S. getting involved we are making these problems our own. I feel America should get involved to an extent. For example, how Robert’s states we should help set up a foundation for the people and give ideas on what to do, but we can’t lead or force them into changing their ways.

In America, we have so many choices and privileges to do or say what we feel, but in other countries their minds are closed off to what the government allows them to think and believe. With nonprofit agencies helping other countries it can open many doors for the good and bad. These foreign places aren’t going to be convinced with outsiders trying to change the view of their people and the problem can get bigger for America.

Pretty soon our job of playing super man is going to back fire on America. I feel America is offering information on ways to change other countries ways of living. In doing so it hurts the citizens of the country who are trying to stand up for themselves. When citizens of these countries attempt to defend their freedoms and rights usually they are punished by their ruling governments. This causes us (Americans) to feel guilty and we pursue trying to fight to give them the same civil liberties we have. It’s not the people who run the country by war, but it’s the leaders, so unless we can attack the source of the problem its going to be a struggle to bring forth change. In other countries the leaders make decisions not the people, versus America where we vote as a whole to decide our legal system.