tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872564719077426333.post3840767729875758804..comments2023-07-07T07:03:26.565-04:00Comments on A view from offshore: What To Do...What To Do?nonprofithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15809004692925439633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872564719077426333.post-30611979551951786952011-03-30T13:06:24.800-04:002011-03-30T13:06:24.800-04:00Re: “Humanitarian support shouldn't be determi...Re: “Humanitarian support shouldn't be determined by a dollar figure.”<br />Capt I don’t mean to seem uncompassionate! On the contrary I understand that that there is a great amount of killing going on in Libya for instance. <br />What I’m saying is: <br />1. We don’t know who is really involved. <br />2. We’ve trusted our gov to tell us these things and have been mislead before. <br />3. Our current economic situation does not afford us the luxury of letting it play out anymore. <br />4. Based on my research and it seems that any nation who wants to stand on their own, away from the G20 (NWO) finds itself and/or its government unfit. <br /><br />My stand is if the people in Libya want freedom from either their current leadership or if it’s that their current leadership is now refusing to be controlled by the global banks??? Who knows??? The people closest to this must fight for it and find friends who can afford to help them! Americans continue to be weakened by these types of interventions and if we fail to recover, what does the future hold for us and our compassion???JEDIRICHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07392154036320254082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872564719077426333.post-47858406844114794052011-03-30T11:56:21.197-04:002011-03-30T11:56:21.197-04:00WOW a post mentioning me!!! I'm truly honored ...WOW a post mentioning me!!! I'm truly honored Capt Bill! Thank you! <br />At one point Capt, I’m sure that you know, our country was the greatest creditor nation in the world. Today however it is now common knowledge that this is no longer the case! I am still relatively young and working hard in my reading and research to get a full picture of history. That being said, based on my current limited understanding, I get the impression that as a nation, during our times of great economic growth and prosperity, countries and sheer ability placed upon us a feeling of obligation to help where we saw the need. (This could have also been motivated by the “Military Industrial Complex” according to President Eisenhower) I agree that at many times our intervention in years past was both needed and of great good to the world! <br />Today the situation is much different however. We are no longer as prosperous as a nation. We are now the world’s biggest debtor nation. Even if the motives in our interventions are pure, (highly questionable as they are in my opinion) I believe these actions are totally irresponsible. Would we expect the unemployed bankrupt family struggling to feed their own children, to borrow more money to feed or shelter the needy people across town??? Would it not be wise of them to save what resources they had and invest them into getting their situation turned around and stable??? <br />The United States of America, is freedom’s last real stand on earth!!! I believe that our incredible leadership TEAM is a big part of the answer to: reuniting, reequipping and re-educating this nation. I think it’s time to temporarily set aside our wonderful compassion and focus on getting our nation to the point that we can once again afford to offer the hand up to the rest of the world!!! If not we’ll be unable to help anyone and we’ll be the ones in need… Who will be there to help when we cannot???<br /><br />God Bless! <br />RichJEDIRICHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07392154036320254082noreply@blogger.com