The appreciation I am looking for is more in the Col. Nathan Jessep, A Few Good Men style. I was listening to a news story about heroin abuse in Russia. It is a huge problem that is devastating the population. At this point they have my sympathy. It is difficult to live this day in age without knowing someone whose life was affected in some way by an addiction issue. So, I'm driving along feeling badly for the country.
And then, some guy is translated blaming the US for the problem. It seems in his view our country is not doing enough to stop the drug proliferation from spreading out of Afghanistan. Are you kidding me?
How can it be the same countries that miss no opportunity to criticize and harass the US for being "where we don't belong" are also the same countries that want us to fix all their problems?
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Even though the character of Col. Jessep was the antagonist in the story, the essence of his speech remains true and applicable to many foreign policy decisions.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agre more. That same exact thing drives me crazy. I won't comment further because I can feel my blood pressure rising already.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. No one wants any personal responsibility any more.
ReplyDeleteWell said. All of the worlds problems seem to somehow get blamed on the people who do the most to help. It's the same as my kids blaming me that they have no clean socks, but refuse to gather their dirty ones from hiding places that they use (under the couch, beds, bathrooms, garage) and take them to the laundry room.
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