How the US can make friends.
I just saw on the news that the US has pledged $35M to help victims of the Sumatra Tsunami disaster. This is definitely a great thing, yet some have already spoken out against the richest country in the world for not doing enough.
So, here’s an idea (I actually saw something like this on a blog earlier today, but can’t track it down):
- Pull out of Iraq
- Spend a tenth as much money [as we’re spending in Iraq] to helping in SE Asia
- Send a tenth as many of our military[who’re in Iraq] to help
- Let this be a UN or NATO operation
Results:
- No insurgents
- Less money spent
- Fewer lives risked
- Some people might like the US more
- When something bad happens in the US, people will help us.
Just an idea.
You see, this earthquake has me thinking… as this post over at worldchaning.com points out, we as a human race have quite a bit of work to do just in order to survive “natural terrorism.” I would hope that events like this could help us to beat our swords into plowshares and work together, because we have potentially greater enemies in natural forces and human mistakes.
