| I know this is a very unpopular decision but ill be the cynic and play it any way. People do have a point saying the president should be more worried about his/her country then someone else's but our problems on average are so miniscule and insignificant compared the ever escalating violence disease and poverty in some parts of the world. When was the last time we had even the faintest whiff of a war on our soil (terrorism is not war). When was the last epidemic? the last major poverty? years and years ago. Right now there are countries in africa were the war is so terrible there are entire cites of refugees. The landscape itself is being ravaged by the monster of illogical tyranny. If someone has to force the lazy middle class of this country to hand over a few bucks a year to the needy then I say full speed ahead. While many will disagree with me here let me point to the iraq war. ( I could be wrong but i think the might be some overlap between those who oppose this bill and support the war). Why are we there if not to try to spread our smug and superior message of freedom? I cant see any-other reasons as there warrant any WMD. That war is costing our struggling middle class more then a .7% of the annual budget for foreign aid. |