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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Ilaine who wrote (38896)8/20/2002 11:34:22 AM
From: jcky  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Oh, sure, everybody hates us. That's why they risk their lives to sneak in over the border, walking across deserts, or holed up in shipping containers.

There's a distinction between the animosity directed against us as a result of our foreign policy and the quality of life available here for immigrants. Of course everyone doesn't hate us. But there is plenty of malcontent in the third world as a result of our "good" intentions. I'm not saying we're to blame for all their problems, but it's naive to suggest we're not a part of it either.

If we don't help people living in the Third World clean up their shithole countries, things are just going to get worse.

I don't mind us helping the people of the third world. We should. It's in our national interest. But there's a fine line between helping and imposing our values upon them. The first charitable act is appreciated; the second is not.
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