Originally posted by Pit Bull
The Majority Blacks in Zimbabwe are taking the Minority White farmers land and threatening to kill them if they don't leave. What would be the reaction of our Government and Civil Rights groups in the USA if the colors were reversed? Why can't human beings be color blind?
We didn't do I TRIED TO BY-PASS THE CUSSING FILTER when they did it in South Africa, think they would start now? I know, people are going to say "what about the trade sanctions", look at well it works for Iraq and Cuba, they just political moves, don't acheive squat!
We didn't do squat either in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal the list goes on. Just when we started to do some good in Somalia, slick Willie got us out and made damn sure that those guys died for nothin'. They have no oil or nothing we can use for that matter so they're screwded!
But we can't blame just the goverment either, everybody wants "us" to do something in every $hithole in the world but when the first body bag comes home, "we" start crying GET THEM OUT OF THERE!
Stoping human rights abuse is paid for in blood and I'm sorry to say the american public don't want to pony up. We want to do the right thing but we're not willing to pay the price if we don't have a direct interest in the matter, and most of the time that means money.
Now I' not saying send our guys to get killed for some farm land in whatever hole in Africa, I'm just saying that our track record at stoping human rights abuse is schetchy at best.
Glenn