Should We Have Moral Responsibility To Intervene In Other Countries

Every day in our daily lives, there is always someone who is in trouble in some country. And in some cases, they may not be the only one who is suffering in that very country. That is the kind of epidemic that we are facing today, in which many people are suffering hardships in their country in which violates their basic human rights. And while I am a person who believes that we should help people with their needs, I also believe that we must first be ready to help out, in which we currently are not. Therefore, the United States does not have a moral responsibility to intervene in countries where human rights violations are occurring because we are in no state into helping as we have own problems, it is their responsibility to intervene, and we aren’t the world’s police officer.

In order to help out those in need, we must first focus on our own country. As we all know, …show more content…
Many people may disagree, but let’s face it, everyone hates America. Even if we try to help out, everyone will still hate us regardless. And it is because we act like the world’s police officer, intervening with businesses that don’t include us, for example the Vietnam War or the Iraq war, and turning a blind eye when the situation has gone critical, for example the Rwanda Genocide. It all started when our president Teddy Roosevelt has issued the Monroe Doctrine, in which stated that America would step in and protect the Latin countries from European rulings, which later on evolved to us being the world’s police officer. This is a bit ironic as our own country is suffering from all sorts of crimes and we aren’t doing much about it. Not only that, but it is also ironic on how much we spend on our military in order to bring world peace while we aren’t spending enough money protecting our own children from school shooting and hostage situations. We need to focus on own problems, or else, we may have to face another government shutdown, and do we want that;