Operation Odyssey Dawn
Operation Odyssey Dawn
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When people say the US, UN etc often only help countries that typically have some economic or political gain attached, (which is true), how is that different than anything we each do as individuals?
What about causes and charities we support? There are numerous causes and suffering people out there, but we zero in on what is important to us or what benefits us. You know someone who has cancer, you donate there and may ignore starving kids. You knew someone on the street, you give there and may ignore abused women. You can't help them all, so you help ones that in some way benefit you back directly or indirectly. Nations are rarely different.
It's human nature.
- I don't bomb people with my charity...
nextGeorgesII - It's laughable how naive some people on here can be to how the world really works.ETM
- So Georges advocates borderline genocide just because economic factors exist to motivate action.ETM
- So basically, if you don't help everyone out of the goodness of your heart, don't help anyone for any reason.ETM
- reread what I wrote,
slowlyGeorgesII - I can read. You instead advocate what, Gaddafi's troops randomly shooting at residential neighbourhoods and civilians?ETM
- and civilians to create enough terror that people wanting freedom die or just hide away?ETM
- At least the people are getting some assistance, regardless of the political and economic means attached.ETM
- I don't bomb people with my charity...