Why does the U.S. give free foreign aid to other countries?
With a 16 trillion dollar debt, how can the US give money away to other countries if we don't have it? Why should the government print money to give other countries, then tax the yin yang out of Americans to pay it back? This seems ludicrous...does it not?
Do they offer food stamps in other countries besides America?
It sounds like you have no evidence that food stamps is a cause of obesity in the US. The fact is that poor people eat cheap low-quality food because they can't afford to buy lots of meat, vegetables, and fruit. Cheap food is low in nutrition and high in calories, so even though they may be getting too many calories, they are undernourished. In other countries they give job training to people who are unemployed. ∠°)
The u.s. is the only country ever to have dropped atomic bombs on living people. horrible, isn't it?
The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan were on cities with no significant military targets. I had family on both sides of WWII and lost family on both sides. Dropping the atomic bombs took a lot of consideration from the government back then and decided that it was the only option they had to avoid large scale death invading, both to the US and to Japanese civilians. If it had to be done, then I agree with you, why not a legitimate target? Pearl Harbor was a military target attack by "surprise". The Japanese officials who were to deliver the notice of war that morning were delayed in a US waiting room and were not able to deliver the notice prior to the attack. War history is written by the victors, so it was a surprise. To rally America into war, the President called it a surprise in his radio address. I ask any of you to take a trip to Hiroshima and visit the museum. My mother's family was on the other side of the mountain range from Nagasaki and that is what saved them, but they did witness the cloud, had some affect of the fire, and saw the destruction when they went to help. Japan's research at the time determined that the bomb was not possible with the technology available, so they did not believe the US's claim they had it. Japan was negotiating for surrender after the first but the US want unconditional, so dropped the second. I understand the decision to drop, just not the target. PaulHalloway-I do disagree with you on the legitemacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki being military targets. May 1945 the target committee listed Hiroshima as a class AA target using year old inteligence. The depot had been moved in Oct 1944. Nagasaki was never on the Target committee's list. The only other reason for Hiroshima to be targeted was the terrain and larger city. Mountains around Hiroshima would increase the affects of the blast and the size of the city would allow that if the bomb was off target, would still cause mass distruction and casualties. It was also in the original plan recommendation to follow the bombing by an incendiary bombing of the city. Also the orders from Gen Spaatz on July 1945, identified the city as the target, not any military base, contrary to Truman's direction to Sec. of War Stimson.
Give an example of another strong nation besides the U.S. that is involved in the affairs of other countries?
Give an example of another strong nation besides the U.S. that is involved in the affairs of other countries. Compare the way this country gets involved with the way the U.S. does. Give specific examples. Which approach is better and why? PLLEEAASE HELP ME!!