so, to a complete political nincompoop such as myself (nincompoop - someone who knows nothing, and wants to know more)

what do you guys (doug, tabitha, dara) and anyone else, think of the us helping out in liberia (will they, will they not???
africa is waiting .....

anyway, regarding the heading uganda, i don't know where that came from, i thought it was happening there! Charles Taylor, Monrovia etc......see, i'm a nincompooplical ignorant....but still, i'd like to see what you guys out there think.

what about other countries helping out Liberia?  why should the US have to do it?

that dan, is not an answer....that's a snap(in my humble opinion). as i said, i don't know much of politics, but in light of recent global political events, in which the us plays a pivotal role, i would like to know what the consequense might be if the us does involve itself as a peacekeeping force? i mean, could the us see this perhaps as an opportunity to soothe current feelings regarding their foreign policies(or involvement?).
it's just a thought. also, WHY would they depend on the us for help. ex-colony feelings?
xxx  :-/

I'm just wondering about all those other countries out there who feel justified to bash US foreign policy while themselves doing little.  The US would be engaging in Liberia for Liberia's sake, not to make other countries like us.  Other countries simply will not like us, nothing's going to change with that.  However, other countries could show a little cajones by also helping Liberia for Liberia's sake, instead of ignoring Liberia because they want to pin it on the US.

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 However, other countries could show a little cajones by also helping Liberia for Liberia's sake, instead of ignoring Liberia because they want to pin it on the US.

hasn't the us by their actions of the past earned this reputation? sort of ask for it, and you'll get it?
of course everyone 'should' help everyone, but that's not how the world works, is it?  

BUT, despite this, my initial question, was simply, do you think the us will help, and if they do, i'd like to know what their motivation would be: oil?

Yes, energy is quite the motivator.  It is funny how people think fighting for energy is somehow unworthy.  

as for Liberia, if we do get involved it will be due to 'humanitarianism' and to avoid the formation of a terrorism (disgruntled muslim) snakepit.  As the terrorists (disgruntled muslims) are interested in destroying only the US and Israel at the moment, other countries take advantage of the situation and cheer on the disgrunteld muslims (er,..terrorists) as tools for their own political motives  (which are power and wealth, exactly that which they envy the US for having). 

world politics!  pbbttbtbtbtb

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if we do get involved it will be due to 'humanitarianism' and to avoid the formation of a terrorism (disgruntled muslim) snakepit.

nah, it'll be to make a profit.

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world politics!  pbbttbtbtbtb

werd

" What is the international community waiting for? The Final Disaster?

Quote unquote by Frederic Bardou, Action Against Hunger country director, on the lack of foreign intervention in Liberia as food supplis run short..........

I fear that any under-developed country will soon cotton on to the fact that if they want a huge injection of money and help, all they have to do is kill enough of their own people or attack somebody else and the 'good ole' US or/and UK or/and UN will trump up, whether for their own benefit or not.
A precedent seems to have been set by the poorer Nations.
The richer Nations need to address the problems more pre-eminently and prevent the unnecessary suffering that is occurring. We all have a responsibility to create better living conditions for those in poorer countries, and we may as well pay up front as from behind!

Best regards, Bill.

A simple yet confusing question:

Isn't fighting in order to make a country a democracy a little dictator-ish of the US? I never remember the people in Iraq taking a vote on being a democracy, but many of them didn't want our gov't. Isn't shoving it on people a little self-righteous and non-democratic?