When will we stop helping everyone else in other countries,?
917387
I think it's good to help people no matter where they are, but it's true that a lot more focus needs to be done here.  How can Bush say he is concerned with the welfare and safety of the Iraqi people when he can leave his own people stranded in New orleans for all of those horrible days? He was on vacation when he knew a huge storm was coming. Did he send troops there to protect his own people? I see your point.
705770
I know what you mean.The countryside is your best bet our country of britain aint britain nomore its plays host to every scumbag from the east.Its not wrong to be recist anymore lets face it this country is finished and theres nothing we can do about it.
331397
sukey, we are d*mned if we do and d*mned if we don't! I am all for The United States of America staying out of other countries messes. It would save us a fortune and they could all see just what things would be like without our help. Maybe they are right and they can handle it all themselves, but I sure know that we have been called on to help other many times and we get slapped in the face after it is all over. Fortunately we know what kind of country this is and what kind of people we are, so their nasty little comments don't have the affect they hope will happen. \n\nS.S.
1181261
I think the issue of the homeless and the hungry is more a local issue than a national, after-all, who should be more moved to compassion, the guy sitting in Washington, or the neighbor who sees the person on the street.  As far as helping other countries, there is the moral issue, we are not on this planet alone and we do have a responsibility to the rest of the world.  But we have to see the practical side also, people who are desperate do desperate things.  Terrorism is as much battled by humanitarian efforts as it is by war.
1041157
Nothing.  They will have to figure it out for themselves.  Before you remove the splinter from your fellow man's eye, remove the beam from your own.  In other words, we have to stop all of our polluting in our own countries before we can even begin to point fingers at other countries.
256256
Ha, I like the way that's put. America doesn't want everybody to obey it, but it seems like that becuase America is the only country with the balls to do anything about scumbags. The United Nations are supposed to take care of stuff like that, but they don't. So we're forced to take care of the whole world, becuase these other pansies won't.
779491
Huh? How selfish are you, man?\n\nThis is the reason nobody in America gives a s.hit that 30 percent of the overseas population is starving to death.
408824
That would be nice but there have always been and always will be selfish people. Take the high road and do volunteer work for change. You won't be able to change the whole world but you will be able to improve some of it and in turn those you've helped will likely help someone too. Good luck.
507413
Anywhere you help would be greatly grateful. You're not being selfish at all. If you are offering to volunteer to help others, you are not being selfish. People who are in need of help are everywhere. You cannot save everyone, so we must all come together to help. Even if you help one person, you have made this world a better place. You can stay in the U.S. and help and after awhile you can go overseas when you are financially comfortable.
68182
Of course everyone hates North Americans - we forgive other countries' debts to us, we send them help when they are attacked by other contries, we send help when they have natural disasters, we allow people from all over the world to come live here and live off the tax dollars of those born here, we should definitely stop doing all of those things!  As someone said above, that's very self-centered of us!
622016
the world will not be a safer place. Other nations need US help for support. Not only in battle, but also for spying and other support. As you know, US forces are all over the globe.
421410
great human philosophy..leave every problem behind the borders and then the problem doesn't exist anymore. when is this world gonna realise that we have global issues, and we all need to deal with them??\n\n(a dutch guy living in romania)
1023471
Let's NOT assume there's going to be a world government, get RID of that idea...other countries need to work a lot harder at solving their own problems instead of trying to vote themselves into the United States or whatever...
257475
We wouldn't be in this shape if we quit playing the worlds police force. Every country that we have ever help out has turned on us and after wards, there isn't much that we can do about it because sticking our noises into there afairs puts our neck on the chopping block, except get it sliced.
755178
Yes there will be, and it will be sooner than that!\nThis country needs to catch up with the rest of the world!
116644
It is ironical that we try to give privacy to each citizen at their homes, but choose not to do so for other countries. I believe that unless the country in concern is impacting us or any other country, we should leave them to resolve their internal issues unless they ask us for help.
959027
Not in my book it isn't acceptable. We are not the world's keepers. I have no objection to a coalition of different countries and the United States being one of them in some of the world's hot spots when needed. However for the world to expect us to solve its problems...no way.