I am responding to question 7

Countries with more power do not have a particular obligation to less powerful countries. Why should it be their duty to help them? Obviously, the countries with more power have it for a reason. They were albe to establish themselves and jump into the political pool. These countries with less power are always unstable. they have interstate issues that disable them from having power. I know then you get the well lets go help them. They don't want help half the time. Look at Iraq, theywere a less powerful country who had what we wanted. Our abligation to help them had to do with the fact that they had oil. We're there now trying to force their ethnic groups to get along. How did that end up our problem? It never was. Less powerful countries need to learn to deal on their own. Once we start to support them it's never going to end. obviously, tp the Untied States seems to be the only country to think we have this obligation. Do you see other countries rushing in to help other people. The same goes for rich countries helping poorer countries. The United States is supposed to be a rich country yet we're what 13+ trillion dollars in debt. I don't see where we're getting the money to help less fortunate countries. I do feel bad for them, but there is no way that we should be obligated to help them when we can't help oursleves.