American Demise
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
-Clarence Darrow
I think this sums up my feelings about involving ourselves in politics of the world more than anything else. I must admit I am torn. The humanist in me looks at injustice in the world, and feels that as the most powerful nation in the world we have a responsibility to do something about it.
However, what about the millions of children in our borders that suffer hunger and poverty? Do we not have a responsibility to first take care of them? Besides that, the acts of the US towards “helping” other countries, whether covert or otherwise, always come with a price tag, and rarely take into account the real needs of the people. We burst onto the scene believing that OUR way is the best way, and forget the reason behind the action in the first place. I am not a separatist, but I must say that for some European countries, it has worked to make them much more focused on their own people.
As Christ said, “Remove the plank from your own eye first”. Good advice. Stuff that as a supposedly Christian nation (which I gag just thinking about) we certainly do not follow. Perhaps it’s time to stop trying to fix everyone else, and look to ourselves -
