Why Is Africa So Poor?

[~Tszura~]

We didn't need anything out of Vietnam, Korea, or Somalia but because war, even if it is for the best reasons, became televised and people didn't like it...WW2 would even have been different if it would have been made more public.

People see the heartbreak because of TV and cry for someone to do something...but then when something is done they cry out that it is awful and should stop. Regular people are saying that they don't want to sacrifice "their" troops...that is our decision to serve I will die in the fight for freedom for ANYONE!

I am not going to say that war or something like it is the answer...but we have been trying that "talking" thing for a while and it did a whole lot of nothing. Red Cross gets ambushed all the time because it is "christian" so they make Red Crescent...which gets the same treatment. All the tons of food and supplies that get sent in are stolen by dictators or rebel groups and they NEVER hand it out to the people that need it. If anything is done to prevent those issues that groups kill their own damn people as an example of how serious they are...

A friend on post got back from a tour in Somalia a while back, yes we are still there, and he has been there many times before. He is there simply to protect foreign civilians so the local groups don't murder them and take their shit. But we have this stupid mentality when it comes to helping...those groups making the trouble are doing some of the worst shit imaginable to their own people...but we have to be nice to them if we go to help.

You have a different perspective than I do because you're in the service. You see a lot more behind the scenes action than I ever would, and have you're own perspective of it. I'm always suspicious of why we go to war with other countries, or why we get into partnerships/agreements because we're lied to at every corner by politicians. I still feel that its more about the gain.

We're not beyond the "war" mentality right now, so I'm not opposed to it when its aimed at bastards holding down the innocents. It doesn't really solve anything, though, does it? It may stop something from happening, but its not a solution. With the state of humankind right now, war is going to happen no matter what. When I see a potential for things to be resolved without war, of course I would like to see it tried, but there's always going to be some bastard that doesn't want to let go of power, or be fair.

And as far as Africa goes, it isn't just one thing. It's a whole boatload of things that we have the potential and capacity to solve, and work out, but its not going to happen. Ever. Not at this stage of the game. We're just not there yet, and there are so many people in their same situation, how would we take care of it all?