Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Kenya Attacks
Over the past few years many attacks have been carried out by various groups. Many innocent people have lost their lives from these senseless killings. The killings are carried out by manly al-shabad and al-queda groups as al-shabad as pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden back when he was in power. All of the killings carry similar traits, no remorse for what is happening by the killers and no target for the murdering. Each attack intends to kill as many as possible with intentions of inflicting as much damage as possible. The alliance between Al-shabad and Al-Queda began as the United States involvement in Kenya increased as the U.S. aided invasions in Somalia. The dominant power agreed to take on a "Transitional Federal Government" enraging the Al-shabad. As these killings begin to escalate to new levels the United States is placed in a difficult position. Part of the blame could easily be placed upon the United States for the role in what is going on. On the other hand, if the U.S. were to intervene further a huge target would be placed upon the U.S. and even have the potential to cause more violence. Although the United States has somewhat of an obligation to intervene the best thing that can be done is to stay uninvolved. The U.S. has a tendency has get involved in things that they have no business in. Some would argue enough damage has been done and the U.S. would only make things worse for the innocent people.
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I agree that the U.S. should stay uninvolved with that region, no need to be world police however, what I commented to Michala essentially about ignoring terrorist acts could play out to be effective in the future. If you get rid of their publicity, their organization would presumably lose members and hopefully become unenthused about taking violent actions against innocents to try and promote their ideals in any particular region. Again, not to dishonor the victims, but to dissuade terrorists from taking more violent action.
ReplyDeleteIt is another horrible incident that the United States once again may have to deal with. I think it is a great point that you made on how with this incident the United States may have to take a step back and let the issue play out in Kenya. It is a lot easier for the United States to get involved and take care of the issue at hand, but the United States may have to be the bigger man, take a step back and let the issue play out.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your analysis, Tim. You can focus more on that and less on summary. In fact, that is exactly what the assignment is about: giving your perspective rather than summarizing the articles.
ReplyDeleteHow do we approach these situations in which we have already intervened, but now might need to do something to prevent fallout. Should we simply stand back no matter how tempting it might be, out of a sense that this would prevent further attacks? I think there is a strong case there. Would you make it?
I agree that the the U.S. needs to not intervene in other countries problems as much as we do. As Ron Paul used to say "we need to stop being the worlds policemen" What he means by that is simply, the U.S. can't alway run and fix other peoples problems. The only reason we should get involved with conflicts in other countries, is if it DIRECTLY impacts U.S. national security. Not only would this strategy help save millions of young American lives but it would also greatly help the American economy because we wouldn't have to spend our money helping other countries fight wars, instead we could could use that saved money to grow the U.S. economy.
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