I totally agree with the last paragraph Kitkat, everyone needs to let those politicians know we want effectiveness, not the status quo that costs the lives of many a military member and innocent civilian. However, I can assure you, the war we are fighting is not half ass, the bullets are real, the bombs are real, and the bodies are real. Its hard to fight an enemy who blends himself with innocents, its not even so much a war anymore as a giant police investigation to find out where these cowards are so we can exterminate them, but by no means half ass, were trying our best.


Sweden Norway and Denmark, have the luxury of A. Knowing that they do not need a military infrastructure because the UN will protect them (Which everyone else knows means the United States and England, since virtually every other UN country has taken the money from their military and throw it into their economies, and yes foreign aid. B. They are countries that have the benefit of neutral status, since criminals from every nation in the world like to bank there, since they are very unwilling to allow funds of known terrorists to be siezed. They have very few fears and their populations are all taxed heavily, therefore the government has more money to throw towards foreign aid. I don't think its a bad thing, but let us not attack the United States for its apparent "lack of care" since its are the reason most countries are able to live with little or no military, they know that they will be protected.

Debt Repayments,

Well money doesnt grow on trees, I work, and fight and pay taxes like every other American , I am all about loaning countries money to help build their economies, but I expect it to be paid back with intrest, thats how loans work. If they didnt like the terms they shouldnt have accepted the loan. My government is nice enough to only take about 35 percent of it, so we cannot give as much aid as other countries, well I worked for my money and I have a right to spend it on what I see fit, and aid for africa I am sorry is just not as high on my list as trying to feed starving Vietnam vets. We had some of the worst hurricanes in history, I did not see the outcry of aid other countries recieve in similar situations.

Oh and Kitkat, I did a tour in Rwanda my first year in the Military, that place is so horrifing it defies words. The first night there, 4 women were killed in the village across the river and we wernt allowed to do anything because of the UN fumbling its hands. 3 days later we were evacuated because our presense was no longer legal, 3 days later that village was massacred. That event made me despise the worthlessness that is the UN more than anything. Hopefully today we can see the troubles in rwanda and exterminate those who would commit such vile acts. But we have to commit to action, because debating in the air conditioned UN building over which country should do what is just the kind of useless diplomatic garbage that has allowed Iran to get to the point of Nuclear Enrichment. The UN needs to either learn to work how it was supposed to, or forget ever being recognized by the United States as anything other than a bunch of over educated fools with no experience in the reality of nation building or war.

You know it all comes down to this, every country in the world, talks bad about us, insults us on every level, mocks us, calls us ignorant, then expects us to help them and their causes whenever they are in trouble. The United States is getting really tired of it. I often wonder at night, if we just stuck to our side of the world and let europe stick to its side of the pond if we would be better off.