Blog 27

         Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extraction of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. More than likely, this definition leads you to recall the actions of Hitler during the Holocaust. Yes, that is a genocide and it is arguably the most infamous one, but genocides still happen today. Genocides are happening today. Thankfully, we have had no true genocides in America, but should we ignore the ones that are occuring in other countries? Congo, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Burundi, Russia... these countries have all experienced horrible acts of genocide. As Americans with the luxury of living in a very powerful and successful country, it isn't easy to watch these acts of genocide occur in other countries, but it's also difficult to intervene. I think we should ship supplies such as: food, water, clothes... to countries suffering from genocide, but I do not believe actual military involvement would be the right decision. I think that trying to fight off the government or people performing the genocide would only ignite the flame. In situations such as this, we should try to save as many lives as possible. Sending our troups to help the countries in need would not satisfy this concept and, no doubt, would result in many Ameican casualties.