| Sidd Finch |
04-04-2005 11:20 AM |
Everything is our problem
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Originally posted by Spanky
The united states, having its economy intertwined with every other economy in the world, has a strategic interest everywhere in the World. The more stable the world is the better for us. We have a strong interest in all countrys being Democratic and free market economies. The more stable and prosperous the rest of the world is the more prosperous we become.
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True.
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Obviously our interest in Sub Suharan africa is less than other countrys because their economies are so small.
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See my other post. South Africa has a significant economy. And we look to any number of Subsaharan countries for oil -- including Angola, a very fragile state that is also threatened by instability in the region.
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Yet a properous and stable Africa would benefit the United States.
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True. And let me note that it appears that China has figured out the benefits of working in Africa. Sadly, they aren't that selective about the regimes they work with (but hey -- it's China. It's not like they'll reject governments for slaughtering their citizens, y'know?).
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And interventions are not that costly.
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Um..... I remember hearing this one oh, say, a little over two years ago. Intervention is cheap! Iraq will pay for the occupation itself! $200 billion and 1600 American lives later.....
And let's not forget that intervention itself can lead to more instability, as long-simmering ethnic and political rivalries are suddenly able to be expressed when dictatorial power is removed. I'm not sure that this would happen in Zimbabwe -- the Shona and Ndebele are not comparable to the Hutu and Tutsi in any real sense -- but still. One needs to think of these things.
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There is just no excuse for ethnic cleansing and genocide when the United States has twelve Carrier groups.
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Agree. But the country really needs to be behind it and, somehow, I question whether that will happen. |
