How is it that we send troops into Iraq, but we don't send troops into Liberia where they really need us and want us?
It's one of the only places in the world where they US is looked upon a good and just big brother of a country, the people up till now have loved the US. They have been begging us to come and help them and calm the civil war in their country.
And before you wonder why we would get involved in some civil war in an African County, keep in mind that the our two countries have over a 150 year history together. Liberia was founded by freed US slaves who were released from the us in the 1800's and funded by the US and US mormons. Their capitol is named "Monrovia" after US President James Monroe.
I am not into sending US troops anywhere in the world where there is trouble, but if we're going in to try and help the people of Iraq (which I at first believed was one of the side effects of the oil and security and what not) how can we sit back and watch the people of Liberia killed an not do anything about it?
-SB
It's one of the only places in the world where they US is looked upon a good and just big brother of a country, the people up till now have loved the US. They have been begging us to come and help them and calm the civil war in their country.
And before you wonder why we would get involved in some civil war in an African County, keep in mind that the our two countries have over a 150 year history together. Liberia was founded by freed US slaves who were released from the us in the 1800's and funded by the US and US mormons. Their capitol is named "Monrovia" after US President James Monroe.
I am not into sending US troops anywhere in the world where there is trouble, but if we're going in to try and help the people of Iraq (which I at first believed was one of the side effects of the oil and security and what not) how can we sit back and watch the people of Liberia killed an not do anything about it?
-SB
I'll say that personally, this is one place where I think intervention would be a good thing, both for Liberia and the way the US is looked at by some countries. But I will also say that our military is strained to the limit at the moment, given that we have troops in Iraq still fighting a war that Bush said we won months ago, troops in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and basically everywhere else we've sent troops since the Clinton administration.
How can we sit back and watch the people of Liberia get killed and not do anything about it? We're about to find out, unfortunately. I assume it will take a lot of guilt and denial.
Edit: The preceding is not meant to justify the actions of the administration, simply to outline them. I don't believe they can be justified.
[Edited on Aug 02, 2003]