so the US is thinking about postponing the election

[Sufjan Stevens]

[Corey]

[Joe Cooler]

[Rusty]

[Henrietta]

[lemonphile4]

[Rusty]

[Corey]

[Rusty]

[Axtech]

[Rusty]

[lemonphile4]

[Rusty]

[lemonphile4]

[Henrietta]

[nelison]

Unfortunately, a lot of the aide provided by the USA is only given to countries who will conform to the American govt's wishes. Step out of line with American policy and you lose your aide.

[Sufjan Stevens]

[nelison]

Well the USA might become much more protectionist in the next few years. There has been talks of modifying free trade agreements because of all the jobs the US has lost to overseas markets. As much as that isn't necessarily isolation in the sense you're speaking of, it is a large factor in the isolation of a country.

I think the US should get their nose out of a lot of country's business, only because rather than mediate, they tend to pick sides, which leads to more unrest from certain groups/countries. As much as Canada's peacekeeping missions have decreased over the past 10 years, I'm proud to say that when we do go into a country to help, we don't pick a side and fight an opposition. If the US adopted this policy I think the world would be better off.

[Sufjan Stevens]

That would be grand and all, but I don't see the US doing anything like that. The leaders of this country are overzealous and will keep getting into people's business we have no business being in. We don't need anyone else to help us out. We keep a couple of alliances, like Canada, Great Britian, and maybe a couple more from the EU, and we will be fine. We can keep helping fight the AIDS epidemic in all those African nations, and that should be it. We don't need to do anything else. Hell, we don't need to help the African nations out, but we still should, because they're too fucking stupid to properly operate a condom.

[nelison]

I think you have to remember that as actual countries most of the African countries are rather new compared to the rest of the world. They need time to grow politically, and economically. Don't forget that the US civil war happened less than 100 years into it's existance.

Also, a large problem with the aids epidemic is that children are being born with the disease. It's not just that people don't know how to use a condom. As much as unprotected sex was the problem, now it's mainly the fact that children are getting the disease at birth. These children are being educated, and aids in Africa has decreased recently. It'll take time before that epidemic is solved, or at least until a cure is actually found.