Should the U.S step in to help?
2006-06-22 07:46:53 · 11 answers · asked by BAnne 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think it's a part of being human to want to step in and help. And if the US stepped into Irac, then the government should feel obligated to intervene. That's what happens when you try to police the world. I also think that all countries should feel obligated to try and help(that's what the UN is for, is'nt it?) and most of us are capable of doing so. We're all human and if we can do something to prevent the unnessesary suffering of other humans than why wouldn't we do so?
It's not just in the Congo. What about Darfur, Siera Leon, China, Russia etc. There are so many places that desparatly need help because of corrupt government (including Americas) It's not just up to the government though. Everyday normal people need to start coming together and raising awareness about issues like this one. It sounds cliche but one person can really make a difference. You've started making yours just by asking this question.
2006-06-22 08:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by kashious 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are barking up the wrong tree. He was a cop, and a piece of crap (all baby rapers should be tortured and then flushed). It is distastful that he would still get his pension, but if the rules allow it....What you are mad about isn't the fault of the Police Department. You need to be asking the folks in that jurisdiction just who they have in their corner when it comes to the prosecuting attorney - that's the office that decided what to charge the guy with and made the sentencing recommendations to the judge. That's the people responsible for deciding it was in the victems best interest. I am surprised the judge accpeted it. Perhaps he didn't have a choice. This guy was a step parent - what are the other parents saying? They can't be OK with this. If you live in this area, my advice would be to dig into this case as deeply as you can. Find out all the laws that applied, rules used, deals made, and all that - Then go public and get the law changed. There is no way this could have happened if the law there didn't allow for it.
2016-05-20 11:44:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should, but they won't. The technical meaning of humanitarian crisis is a problem somewhere that threatens the interests of rich and powerful people. That is the essence of what makes it a crisis. If people slaughter each other in the Congo, it's not a humanitarian crisis. As a matter of fact, the USA refuses to provide even a puny sum of aide for a peace-making force in the Republic of the Congo, which might well have averted a huge massacre. But those deaths do not constitute a humanitarian crisis. Neither do the many other deaths and tragedies to which the US directly contributes: the massacres in Colombia, for example...
Facts, human life, niether are calculated by the US in their interventions. What matters is geo-politics, as Henry Kissinger said, to connect the world in order to serve your own interests.
2006-06-22 07:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are really asking is should US taxpayers finance a police force in the Congo.
I cannot see why US taxpayers should bear the burden. If the Congolese people want police officers who rape women, that's their business, not anyone else's.
2006-06-22 07:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the US needs to learn to stay out of the affairs of other countries. Other countries do not like the US interfering in what is going on in their countries, so the people there should be allowed to handle it themselves.
By the way, this includes sending money to other countries. It is not appreciated at all, and the US needs to stop that too, especially when people here cannot get help when they need it.
2006-06-22 08:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by innocence faded 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The government here, in the US, is murdering it's own citizens, lying, cheating, stealing, and infringing on our rights.
So, who's going to help us?
2006-06-22 07:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by USA Patriot 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let the UN go in there, oh wait ... they are raping native girls too.
2006-06-22 07:50:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its none of our buisness we could only make it worse, its your goverment who needs to do something about it
2006-06-22 07:50:24 · answer #8 · answered by B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But what's in it for Dubya?
2006-06-22 07:48:49 · answer #9 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why??...for the U.S. troops to go there and get some action too?
2006-06-22 07:54:25 · answer #10 · answered by curiousG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋