ANY OTHER COUNTRIES DO ANYTHING??

i made a list the other day. i ask again

what are south korea, thailand, veitnam, greece, china, spain & italy doing to help starving people all over africa? what are those countries doing to aid syrians bathing in chemical weapons? like the OP i don't hear much anything being done

chadwick wrote:

i made a list the other day. i ask again

what are south korea, thailand, veitnam, greece, china, spain & italy doing to help starving people all over africa? what are those countries doing to aid syrians bathing in chemical weapons? like the OP i don't hear much anything being done

Greece,will provide help with our air bases to usa to bomb those poor people..we are good allies..we say Yes Sir to the Boss

chadwick wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i made a list the other day. i ask again

what are south korea, thailand, veitnam, greece, china, spain & italy doing to help starving people all over africa? what are those countries doing to aid syrians bathing in chemical weapons? like the OP i don't hear much anything being done

Greece,will provide help with our air bases to usa to bomb those poor people..we are good allies..we say Yes Sir to the Boss

we no boss. using greece air bases for dropping bombs across syria... stinks

maybe greece should stop saying yes sir to the u.s. unless it is in a peaceful fashion like dropping food & medicine
maybe other countries should stop saying yes sir when it comes to hurting & killing innocent ppl

its ideal scenario,i agree with you....but its how it is..
ofcourse usa is the boss..which other country will bomb syria or any other country and dont give a shit what UN or the rest of the world saying?
only the Boss

i don't give a shit what anyone believes or doesn't believe, i really do believe more countries could be doing more to help those out who can not help themselves.

starving
fighting
starving
fighting

those seem to be the two things that come to me right now

feed the hungry & teach them whatever they need to know
help end bullies
help end bullies

HELP END BULLIES

yes i realize the u.s. can be a bully

chadwick wrote:

i made a list the other day. i ask again

what are south korea, thailand, veitnam, greece, china, spain & italy doing to help starving people all over africa? what are those countries doing to aid syrians bathing in chemical weapons? like the OP i don't hear much anything being done

You don't hear much about it because 1. that news isn't sexy and 2. Other countries don't don't self promote and blow smoke up their own ass like the US.

I agree that there is always more we could do, i see our government spend money on crap but i know that Australia has invested $1,378 million in Indonesia over the previous three years.

brianlux wrote:

I'm not going to "rail" down under about spelling errors- got busted for that once already.

Let's clean up our own act and get our own shit together here in the good 'ol U. S. of A. and stop playing world police.

Except we live in a globalised world now

by isolating yourselves from the rest of the world, things will get much much worse in the "good 'ol U.S of A"

brianlux wrote:

satansbed wrote:

brianlux wrote:

I'm not going to "rail" down under about spelling errors- got busted for that once already.

Let's clean up our own act and get our own shit together here in the good 'ol U. S. of A. and stop playing world police.

Except we live in a globalised world now

by isolating yourselves from the rest of the world, things will get much much worse in the "good 'ol U.S of A"

Absolutely true. But I don't mean to suggest we isolate ourselves. Trade goods, share cultures? Sure. But I've been saying for decades we need to take care of business here at home and maybe in doing so, set an example rather than make ourselves world police. I'm not going to go over to my neighbor's place and try to make them clean up their house and yard and stop fighting and poisoning themselves and what ever if I'm doing the same in my home- which is exactly what we are doing.

I'm not sure that example can be translated to the international stage. your not going over to your neighbours place because the state exists to make laws and more importantly has the power to enforce those laws.

in the international realm it doesn't work like that. countries exist in a state of anarchy, there is no legitimate power that makes the rules and has to power to enforce them. so there are times when a more powerful state should intervene.

instead it is up to individual countries to become the "world police" particularly if they are a hegemony like america.

If the united States shirks that responsibility what will end up happening is that all the countries who are around equal in power will start to battle to fill the void left.

thats how world war one happened

satansbed wrote:

I'm not sure that example can be translated to the international stage. your not going over to your neighbours place because the state exists to make laws and more importantly has the power to enforce those laws.

in the international realm it doesn't work like that. countries exist in a state of anarchy, there is no legitimate power that makes the rules and has to power to enforce them. so there are times when a more powerful state should intervene.

instead it is up to individual countries to become the "world police" particularly if they are a hegemony like america.

If the united States shirks that responsibility what will end up happening is that all the countries who are around equal in power will start to battle to fill the void left.

thats how world war one happened

This brings to my mind some questions, satansbed-- and I mean them sincerely- not trying to be argumentative or combative but...

1."there are times when a more powerful state should intervene". Why is that and who made it our job? I really don't understand that concept.

2. " it is up to individual countries to become the "world police" particularly if they are a hegemony like america". Why is it up to us and what gives us the right to practice hegemony over other countries? We don't own them.

3. "If the united States shirks that responsibility". But who made it our responsibility? Again, that's something that I just don't get. What if China or Russia acted that way toward the country you or I live in. Would that be OK?

4. "all the countries who are around equal in power will start to battle to fill the void left...that's how world war one happened". World war is something we don't really have to worry about- at least in the sense that all all-out world war would be winnable. Every one would lose.

To my way of thinking, it still makes more sense to clean up our own "house", set an example, and help (help as opposed to forcing our selves upon or enabling) other countries who want to do the same- especially those who want a cleaner, healthier, more peaceful world.

Smellyman wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i made a list the other day. i ask again

what are south korea, thailand, veitnam, greece, china, spain & italy doing to help starving people all over africa? what are those countries doing to aid syrians bathing in chemical weapons? like the OP i don't hear much anything being done

You don't hear much about it because 1. that news isn't sexy and 2. Other countries don't don't self promote and blow smoke up their own ass like the US.

i would like to hear positive work & unity with helping out struggling humanity. it should be big news to get the word out. it aint like a low key athelete or anonymous musician who gives millions to charity in order to better a struggling area in ethiopia or detroit

we are talking millions of people from a country all chipping in to lift up those falling apart. then another country helps another or the same country get on their feet. you'd think it would be a chain reaction