Thursday, March 3, 2011
America and Libya (Post #15)
Libya is in the midst of a violent civil war with mercenaries from Africa are fighting the revolting citizens of that country. Kadafi is using bombers to try and take back lost ground while the rebels manage to hold on against unbelievable odds. Human rights are being stomped on by the dictator who seems to be in complete denial blaming the countries problems on Al Qaeda who he says drugged the populace to cause this uprising. Talk of american and U.N. intervention has begun. Should we, america, become involved to end human rights abuses and to oust the dictator? Should we stay out of the middle east and worry about issues here? As the worlds police force where do we stand? Please respect the opinions of others when you blog
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Another war for America means more problems with more people and more resources being used. It would not be smart to intervene in what is happening in Libya even though the U.S. is considered a world police. Helping innocent people by providing safety and supplies would be best in this situation and that can be done through the United Nations. Taking a side is not the answer to this crisis.
ReplyDeleteI think the U.S. should just stay out of the middle east. The united states can't even afford the wars they are currently in, let alone another. I don't think the U.S. can financially support getting involved in another war right now. We have our own problems here that need to be addressed before getting involved in foreign affairs and putting the U.S. in mt. ore debt.
ReplyDeleteSloan P.2
Though it seems that the united states is known for protecting the rights of the people this time i believe that they should not get involved because there are enough problems in the country as there is. But realistically speaking we know that if someone with a lot of power does not intervene in this civil war many bad things could happen. though in the news they portray the United States as somebody that is the mediator they really have stronger reasons than just freeing the people of Libya. For example why don't they mention how some of the biggest producers of oil is in the Middle East and that would definitely affect us. Also one fun fact would be that even though the U.S. does help many countries really they always seem want to have their noose in everything and that affects us, but really is there another option but to get involved.
ReplyDeleteI think the united states should stay out of the conflict until we see there is an absolute need for intervention because the US has an enormous debt that needs to be addressed and i think it would be irresbonsible to add to it unless absolutly ncessary.
ReplyDeleteMaria Perez
ReplyDeleteSloan P.4
I believe that America should not get invloved with Libya problems because another war for us is not good at all. We already have too many problems with our economy, and going on a war will waste more of the little money we have, and i think that that money left, should be used for impotant things like schools for example. I believe that the thing that we should do is stay away from those countries, for the greater good, and not make the problem even bigger, plus, we have problems ourselves to handle and deal with. I believe that our police force here in the U.S. is ok because in some cases they do, do the right thing but in other cases they are not right, so i believe that it could be better.
I understand that the U.S most of the time gets involved in situations that envlove the rights of the people but i think they should stay out of the conflict because we have our own issues that we have to deal wiht here and getting envlolved might bring in more corruption.
ReplyDeleteClarisa Carrillo
Per.4
Sloan
In a way i think America SHOULDN'T be involved because that would only then cause more problems for us, when we already have problems of our own. On the other hand i do think we should go in and help those people who are getting their human right taken away by some dictator because they deserve to have their human rights and that's something that shouldn't be taken away from anyone. Getting involved could, like i said, bring us even more problems we could not handle.
ReplyDeleteAdilene Vazquez
Sloan Period onee.
America should stay out of other country's business and worry about their own issues. America has soo many issues and conflicts of their own, and they shouldn't be wanting to help take care of other countries when it can hardly take care of itself. It's good that they want to become involved to end human rights abuses and to oust the dictator, but the federal government or whoever obviously does not know that getting involved in other country's issues is not what the US needs at the moment. Yes it will help that country or possibly more, but it can also bring us more problems at home. As the world's police force, it's understandable that it is our obligation to help and serve others. Knowing as little as I know though, our position as the world's police force should be taken back until we are able to uphold that title.
ReplyDeleteChrissy Vue
Sloan
Period 3
I think we should stay out of the middle east and focus here of what is happening to U.S economy and much more. I don't think the America should get involved in anything outside United States. We have our problems of our own.
ReplyDeleteSania Bacha
Bauer/p.3
I agree with the other bloggers who said we should stay out of this conflict, for now at least. If the situation worsens and our intervention is absolutely necessary, at that time we should step in. I am somewhat confused about what the situation is exactly because the first sentence seems to have some typos, but I understand that their is a dictatorship. Since the United States is a democratic nation we are naturally against dictators, but we still should not intervene until it is necessary, especially since we have major economic problems.
ReplyDeleteI think we shouldn't get involved at the moment. Yeah, it would be great to help restore civil rights but right now, we got our own issues. Honestly, it would be great to help, but we just can't do that.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Ruiz
Sloan
Per. 5
I think that America should help other countries by helping the people get the freedom that they diserve. One example was the Holocaust. If America didn't intervene it could have still been going on. I know that the money issue is a big thing but america shouldn't base that off of helping someone.
ReplyDeleteTori Milligan
Sloan per.3
Also if america doesn't help then the problem could pass over to america.
ReplyDeleteTori Milligan
i do not think america should get involved in that situation. we have so many problems here that need to be dealt with. going into war again will just cause more problems and hurt our economy even more. i agree with maria though. if the problem over there gets worse then yes we should go help. even though we are pretty much anti-dictatorship, we dont need to give them are attention right now. we need to worry about our own problems.
ReplyDeleteThe United States needs to worry about their own problems and issues first and let these other countries worry about themselves. This is why our economy is the way it is today. We need to worry about our own issues, because in order to help others we must first help ourselves. Because the last thing we need is to be involved with yet another ten year long civil war!
ReplyDeleteAt this point, we are facing negative effects no mater what we do. If we were to stay out of the issue, the market will continue to take heavy hits and this could come back to hurt us if they are to actually defeat the rebels. On the other hand, if we were to jump into this war it would be just like all others. The USA will be divided by the people who want to fight, and the people who protest war. I say that we join the war, but only if we can gain material and reliability by doing so.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, we are facing negative effects no mater what we do. If we were to stay out of the issue, the market will continue to take heavy hits and this could come back to hurt us if they are to actually defeat the rebels. On the other hand, if we were to jump into this war it would be just like all others. The USA will be divided by the people who want to fight, and the people who protest war. I say that we join the war, but only if we can gain material and reliability by doing so.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that the US itself should get involved in libya, because we are dealing already with alot of things. I do think though that the UN should get involved in general and help out the victims of the dictatorship. Laws are no longer being followed and many of the citizens fear for their lives and do not want to speak out because they are afraid(the link).The Un should help out the citizens from the dictator controlling the country. Sloan p.3
ReplyDeleteThe United States should not get involved in Libya. From what I've seen,it seems that this revolution trend is going to prolong for a while. If U.S. helps one, then it might have to help the others as well. The U.S. did not get involved when there was uprising in Egypt, and at the end everything turned out alright. The case might not be the same with Libya, but I believe that The United States should stay out of it until it is crucially neccessary.
ReplyDeleteI think that the united states should not get involved with the problems the middle east haS. the U.S. already has many probles, getting involved will only get more countries agenst the U.S.
ReplyDeleteMonica salazar
mr. slaon
Stay Out, Stay Out, Stay Out. There's too much going on for us to get involved and tangled up in, like we always tend to do. We can't help everyone all the time and solve everyone's problems for them, we have our own issues at the moment!! Bauer/Sloan
ReplyDeleteI think that America or the UN should try to stop the problems in Lybia. With that kind of dictator in control i doubt that the citizens will achieve freedom on their own, they need someone to help them out.
ReplyDeleteI think that the US and the UN should help if the citizens of Libya want or need the help, because it would definitely be difficult for them to take down the dictator on their own, though, it is possible. But problems will be solved faster, hopefully, if we join in the fight.
ReplyDeleteMelody Morphis
Mr. Sloan
per. 1
I think that America should not get involved with the middle east and should just worry about the issues we have. We have our own issues already and we do not need any more. If for any reason it gets really bad, that is when we should intervene.
ReplyDeleteMelissa Quezada
Mr. Bauer
P.2
I think that America should not be involved with the middle east because we have alot of issues att home that we need to worry about. I think that this issue is going to last for a long time and by us being in it, it wont really help at all.
ReplyDeleteJaskiran Kaur
Mr. Bauer
Government
Period 2
I think the US should stay out of this problem for now, even if we are considered the world police. The US needs to take care of its own people before others in the Middle East. The UN should take on the challenge of getting the dictator out of rule. The citizens need help and they won't be able to do it on their own; but I just don't think right now is a good time for the US to intervene.
ReplyDeleteWhy does America think that everything that happens in the world requires us to butt our heads in? I really don't get it, other countries do perfectly well working on their own countries, like Switzerland, why can't we stay neutral??? I believe that the UN needs to step in and help, and that America as a nation should focus on what is happenning here on the home front with the economy and whatnot. I also think that our "great nation" should take a page from the book of the young Libyans and stand up for what we want, and stop letting the elderly pawn their problems off on the younger generation, its just not cool of them.
ReplyDeleteKelsea Tiapon-Bauer 4 Sloan 3
i believe that america should help the people of the country. This is human rights, if it was our country like this we would want others to help us. Why should we do no less for others. This could cause another war but it means more jobs. We need more supplies which means we need more output. With more demanded price will eventually meet. More produced means more money which means more jobs for our struggling economy. From an economic p.o.v. this makes perfect sense. From a government p.o.v. it depends on ur stand of how strong you want the U.S. to be in the world political system. It could be not only us, this effects countries around the world and if the U.N. gets involved other countries will as well.
ReplyDeleteRichard May
Mr. Sloan
Per. 4
If Libya has asked the United States for assistance in overthrowing it's dictator, then the United States should help them. If they have not, then the U.S. should continue to focus on the many problems of our own country. I agree that the U.S. should focus on our problems before getting involved in others.
ReplyDeleteI dont think think America should get involved in Libya. The U.S. is already having lots of problems. I dont think another war would be a good idea. The government should focus on solving our own problems.
ReplyDeleteI dont believe that the u.s should get involved, we are already fighting one war that we can't handle why add another one? i know that the u.s feels they need to help every country that is under a dictator or has a government that we dont agree with, but it is their county, let them do what they wish, and only get involved if things become unfixable. But for now i dont believe that the U.S should get involved.
ReplyDeleteTrista Dowdy
sloan per.5
Olivia Palmer
ReplyDeleteBauer P03
As much as I love helping people, I think this is a problem we should stay out of, for now anyway. I mean, watch the morning new and see just how many problems we have on the home front that we should deal with first. I'm not saying that we should ignore whats going on forever, but for now, we should focus on bettering ourselves.
If we had a strong leader in the White House, Gaddafi would be stopped. Instead, we have an empty suit that is too busy listening to Motown music and a military that is undergoing diversity training.
ReplyDelete(Sloan P.3/Bauer P.4)
I believe the U.S should not get involved.Just like all the other things in the past that the united states has intervened with, it would not go good.I think fixing issues here are far more important although helping people get their rights back is important also.
ReplyDeleteJose Alvarez. p4 sloan
The u.s deffinately needs to stay out of it for once but im almost positive we wont. and for what gain? Is the cost of an american soldiers life really worth it. If we went to war Libya it would be like iraiq all over again. Fighting for people who are mostly ungreatful and dont want us there. The U.S has plenty of its own problems to focus on
ReplyDeletejake beilby
We have our own problems, this is what the UN was created for; it's time for them to prove they are more than just a waste of space in uptown New York.
ReplyDeleteI would say that the U.S. should not get involved since we already have budget crises on a lot of things. Helping in a war would only make it worse. I say we should fix the problems we have before looking for more.
ReplyDeleteI think that the US should not go but instead stay home and try to get back on its feet , even though we will end up going to Libya to help just like all the other times . I mean yes it important to help out the other but first fix all the problems going on at home then go .
ReplyDeletericardo villalpando
pr5
sloan
I think that the U.S should not get involve in this conflict, we have other issues in our country to worry about like our huge deficit.The U.S always has to intervene with other countries issues, they should for once not get into this problem.
ReplyDeletei think that we should stay out of it because we just got out of a war and we have our own problems to solve here in america. yes it would be great if we go help to stop this but it seems like were always trying to help other countries with their problems but we have problems to that we need to focus on.
ReplyDeleteerika oropeza
mr.sloan
p.4
America should not be involved. As a country we simply do not know enough about life in the middle-east to make any sound judgments. We can do our best to encourage what we believe is right, but unless this becomes another genocide, we should not physically take any part in it.
ReplyDeleteAmerica could concentrate on the economic problem at home and not waste money by going into another potential war. However, America could continue its tradition of imposing it views in other counties, under the pretense of spreading Democracy, when the protesters already seem to be fighting for their own type of Democracy.
ReplyDeleteFirst they came for the communists,
ReplyDeleteand I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Pastor Martin Niemoller
This isn't the same thing as the Iraqui war. This is human rights. If we don't help them who will? yes, all nations in the UN should help. all of us. that includes the US.
America should stay out of Libya and let someone else deal with it for a change. How about China? They're rich. But most likely that won't happen becuase Israel is in the middle east and our goverment has given that country nuclear weapons and those idiots over there will not hesitate to use them. If only America would have never got involved with the Jews after WWII, then we would not have to deal with this whole terrorism thing becuase no one's land would have been wrongfully taken from them in the middle east.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the us should go and help because we are the ons who have always helped the ons in need and if we dint help Libya it would possibly end up effecting us any way so we should just help.
ReplyDeleterichard
manzo
sloan pr5
We do not have military resources to dedicate to this conflict. However, it is appropriate for the US and UN to encourage diplomatic resolution with the UN taking a more active role in the conflict.
ReplyDeleteughhh there's always some stupid foreign conflict that America wants to resolve. on one hand, i believe that people who have more should be willing to share and assist with struggling countries. but at the same time. america has problems of its own. our budget is trying to spread a spoonful of peanut butter on an entire loaf of bread right now. excuse my poor analogy. in the end, america should do what's right. i like that poem kayla!
ReplyDeleteJoeylee Maimone, Sloan 4
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the U.S. should be involved with Libya. We already have too many problems without the problems of foreign countries. It would be a waste to go and spend all this money that we don't have to try and help everyone when we really can't even help ourselves.
I disagree and do not think the U.S should be involved in Libya. We do not need to burden ourselves at this time with other countries problems. We have enough of our own right now. It is a waste of time and money.
ReplyDeleteI think the united states should stay out of the conflict in afric, because there is nothing to gain out of going to war
ReplyDeleteForrest Macdonald
Us, America do not need to get involved with another war. It means more lives lost and more problems on top of the ones we have here. Our economy is going down a little bit so its best to just focus over here. Africa and Libya are two nations that can handle their own problems. aye.
ReplyDeleteI think America should not get invloved with the MIddle East. OUr country has already got involved with the Iraq and Afganistan government and that has cause us a lot problems and money loss. Our economy is already not in the best economic situation and we need to get it back on its feet first.
ReplyDeleteI think that we have enough problem to worry about we have lost money and many good men fighting for this country. America should not get involved In the middle alone it shouldn't just be America the UN should help out and this problem will be solved
ReplyDeleteSloan. P.3
I agree with what kayla had to say, people need to be helped. Most students say that the US needs to focus on its own problems, but they will never go away its been the same for many years. I think that the US should intervene if the dictator is taken out of power, new things will come... America will be a hero and still be one of the bigger men, it needs to set an example as the worlds police force and go in when were needed.
ReplyDeleteBreana spiro sloan p.4
ReplyDeletewell its trult difficult to decide because yes we do have problems at home we need to concentrate on but there are also people that need help but we also need to look at how becoming involved will effect the people here in america yes america likes to be the hero but are we willing to put the people in america in danger we alread have issues with enemies so its all really about making the right choices but honestly what is the right choice at this time and monment
I think the US should stay out of the violence for now, but once we are asked to help we can. We have things we have to fix here. Plus we send millions of dollars in foreign aid already.
ReplyDeleteJacob Farrar
ReplyDeletebauer 4th
I think that we should go over there and take over and have that be our 51'st state. If we are going to fight for them and win, we should get something out of that besides our dead soilders. If not, then we should mind our own buisness and stay out of other peoples problems. Our national debt is already too high and having another war to fight in will only increse it and make our own citizens hurt.
we are NOT the world's police force. we are just the biggest country sticking its nose in everyone elses business. we have too many problems as it is to worry about everyone elses problems, but this is just another unfortunate happening in the world. children starve in africa everyday, but we cant really fix that right now can we?
ReplyDeletei believe we should stay out of their country and focus on our own problems. if we get to intervened with libya then we will lose focus on our problems in America. i think we should keep an eye on them to make sure things dont get too out of hand but i think we should just stay out and worry about our problems in our country.
ReplyDeleteBlake Harrison
Bauer
Period 3
Why? Why would must America intervene yet again on another countries economic issues? We have just pulled out of a war that has put America in a huge deficit. I do not think we need to jump into another one. The Libyans will have to stand up and fight their own battle. America need to sit this one out.
ReplyDeleteGabriella Cello/Sloan/p.3
America has a lot of issues on it's plate at this point in time. Complete turmoil in the middle east and our economy being the at the top of the menu. We need to take a second and make sure not to bite off more then we can chew. Though, I personally believe something needs to be done in Libya. Those people are hungry for freedom, and so why not serve them a super sized meal of justice and throw that crazy dictator to the dogs. I believe the situation needs to be resolved as quick as an appetizer rather than dragged out into a large potluck.
ReplyDeleteMarklin Nixon
Mr. Sloan Period 1
I think we should not interfeir because another war would mean more problems for us. We should focus more on solving the economic problems we have than the problems of other countries. We are always trying to help other countries and no one never tries to help us.
ReplyDeleteJonathan Ramos
Mr.Bauer
Per.2
the united states needs to stop being the world police. we need to focus on taking care of our selves instead of worrying about other countries. one thing we need to do is fix our economy, it sucks.
ReplyDeletemr. bauer, p.3
I think america should help,we have our own problems but there is people suffereing. This crisis needs to stop something has to be done.It wont be too bad if we help out a little.
ReplyDeleteTania Hinojosa
sloan p5
The United States needs to stay out of other countries problems. We have enough problems within our own country that should be tended to first. Look at our economy, dept, and many other issues that should be solved.
ReplyDeleteSpencer Pellandini
Sloan P.1
WELL I DONT KNOW WHERE I THINK THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD STAND. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT THE U.S. SHOULD HELP THE PEOPLE WITH THE END OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AND END A DICTATORSHIP BUT THEN AGAIN WE ARE IN WAR. MANY OF OUR MAIN BASES ARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND WE NEED THEM THERE FOR OUR CONVINIENCE. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DICTATOR TO KEEP THE BASES THERE, BUT WHAT IF WE GO AGAINST HIM? WOULD WE STILL HAVE OUR BASES THERE? ITS A HARD SITUATION.
ReplyDeleteI feel that we should go in with the UN, but not on our own. We already have too many fingers in too many pies, we can't handle this all at once. Human rights shouldn't be squashed like this, but the rest of the world should go in together on this, rather than the US just taking it upon itself to do everything.
ReplyDeleteSasha Schotzko-Harris
Bauer 1
i agree that we should stay out of this conflict for awhile. if the situation gets worse and our intervention is in need, then we should step in. i can see that there is a dictatorship and since the US is a democratic nation we are naturally against dictators. we have so many economic problems of our own that we should get situated here before intervening somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe we should get involved with the Middle East. We have way too many problems that need to be taken care of here rather than in Libya. Yes, I understand they need our help, but in times like these who doesn't need our help? If we were to help every country that "needed" our help we would defy our name "The UNITED States of America". Instead we would be called "The HELPING States of the WORLD".
ReplyDeleteThomas Shelton
ReplyDeleteI think that the US should jump in as soon as possible because if you know something bad is going on and you jest sit back an watch it happen then you might as well be doing it . I men we already have alot of stuff that we have to take care of already but human rights is a big matter that should be handled.
I still think the middle east will cause us a lot of problems for us in the future.
ReplyDeleteWe should probably stay out for now, unless it affects us.
Then again if we can get a pro-American ruler in place, it would be very nice.
Caleb Newman
I believe that we should stay out of all their problems if we want anything to ever be accomplished. We think that it is our duty to be the "world police" but we cant even do things right in our own country. Our govorment doesnt even know what it should do. but yet we think that we know whats right for other people of the world. We gained independence through change of the people... We didnt get independence by having some other country come in and try to promote democracy and fight for us and get involved in something thats not even any of their problem.
ReplyDeleteI believe we should just stay out completely because it's a mess in the middle east. Right now we don't know which side seems best and it isn't smart to pick the lesser of the two evils. We should just leave things to turn out by themselves and not get involved.
ReplyDeleteIn my point of view we shouldn't or ''America'' become involved to end human rights abuses. however its not American rights being abused. we should stay out of the middle east and worry about issues here. As the worlds police force where do we stand to defend our country and our country only , not trying to be selfish but just not trying to get in to problems.
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't think so. We seriously have tried to help enough. Or what we think is to help. Let them figure it out on their own. Learn from their mistakes. It would be like saying they aren't strong enough. If they do actually beat them they will feel accomplished. Whether we want them to feel that way or not, maybe they wont be so bitter? But I just know if we intervene they'll blame somethin' on us. So we should just focus on us for once. We've got to stop babying these other countries we think are weaker. Sure, they might be, but it's like a huge slap in the face to them (I would assume).
ReplyDeleteI think the US should stay out of the middle east and the problems there going through. The US has problems of their own and needs to fix theres here before trying to help over there. Would we even know what side to choose? Its a big enough mess and doesnt need any more help on making it worst!
ReplyDeleteThe war in the middle east sounds very dangerous, but the United States has enough problems of our own. We have intervened in many affairs that do not concern us, and that has brought us many problems. In helping the United States can make a new enemy which is something that we do not need from the middle east. The United States has other wars to worry about already.
ReplyDeletei dont think that we should go into the middle east. we have our own problems here that we need to fix. before we help other we need to help ourselves
ReplyDeleteWe should not go to the middle east they have their problems and we have ours, they should solve their own stuff and we should just leave them alone.
ReplyDeleteMr.Bauer
Period 2
On a moral standpoint I believe the u.s should help the innocent in the middle east. Help them them overcome a mean dictatorship that puts theirselves before the people. We should help all those who are deprived from basic human rights. It is sad to think on how cruel the world is. Life in America is nothing compared to life over there. Although it is right to help we must do so in a way to ensure our best intrest. As Jimmy Roberts mentioned..let the UN be the muscle instead of sending our troops.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion it would be nice to help and stop what is going on but then we have already have our own problems that we decided to deal with instead of leaving it alone.
ReplyDeleteAniscia SIlva
Sloan
Per 5
I think that the united states should not get involved with the problems the middle east has. i think that the U.S. already has many problems, getting involved will only get more countries against the U.S.
ReplyDeleteStephanie A
Mr. Sloan
Per.4
I think that it would be better to stay out ofthe problem. There is already so much going on its like we are asking to get "punched in the face" soto speak cause making ourselves be in other coutrys problem like that is assuming that we can and have the ability to make it betrer when in actuality we may just make it worse. Joeliane Muegge sloan p 5
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