Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: When are the Western countries going to pay?
So as Epgs said, don't complain that we don't give our fair share. What if after $200 million their research didn't help the situation and they were still off. Should we then give $500 million, $1 billion, more? Where do you draw the line?
Every country has a dark spot on their past here or there. I don't know the facts on some of those cases but ask yourself why any action was done. Generally you'll find the answer is for the good of the world. Compare it to the Afghanistan issue, before we attacked the Taliban, many people were criticizing the USA for getting involved with another countries government. Some people had incredibly strong opinions that we shouldn't be there. Then after the Taliban is more or less removed from the country the oppression has more or less stopped. Go ahead and do some searching on the topic: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/6185.htm
What's my point? The point is that our actions may be opposed but they are done for the good of that country / the world. Can you say the same for the dark spots in other countries history? I'll leave that up to you but remember to view the issues with some perspective. We're not always right, but we're not always wrong either. If you feel that strongly on an issue do something about it. Go raise money for them, door to door, marathons, donate money from your paycheck, contact your government to see if they are willing to help, etc.
Until I see that I usually take someone’s opinion as a gripe and nothing else. The same as those who complain about a corrupt government and yet don't vote..
I'll end my rant with that.
I just wanted to address one thing... Whenever you ask a government to pay for ANYTHING it will in the end come from us, it's citizens. The USA is by far one of the most giving countries around and in the end that means we pay higher taxes. The citizens for the most part are fine with this, as we want to help others in less fortunate places.Originally posted by conkermaniac
None of the examples I gave required YOU to pay money directly to other people. It required the government to pay money to the governments of other countries.
So as Epgs said, don't complain that we don't give our fair share. What if after $200 million their research didn't help the situation and they were still off. Should we then give $500 million, $1 billion, more? Where do you draw the line?
Every country has a dark spot on their past here or there. I don't know the facts on some of those cases but ask yourself why any action was done. Generally you'll find the answer is for the good of the world. Compare it to the Afghanistan issue, before we attacked the Taliban, many people were criticizing the USA for getting involved with another countries government. Some people had incredibly strong opinions that we shouldn't be there. Then after the Taliban is more or less removed from the country the oppression has more or less stopped. Go ahead and do some searching on the topic: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/6185.htm
What's my point? The point is that our actions may be opposed but they are done for the good of that country / the world. Can you say the same for the dark spots in other countries history? I'll leave that up to you but remember to view the issues with some perspective. We're not always right, but we're not always wrong either. If you feel that strongly on an issue do something about it. Go raise money for them, door to door, marathons, donate money from your paycheck, contact your government to see if they are willing to help, etc.
Until I see that I usually take someone’s opinion as a gripe and nothing else. The same as those who complain about a corrupt government and yet don't vote..
I'll end my rant with that.