Dear America....

Mmm some of these are kind of offensive so now, I'm declaring New Jersey as its own country

@ Mcrkilljoyss12
Not as offensive as what America is doing to it's own citizens. I get so angry when a country declares itself the "greatest" but continually hurts its own citizens.

Hey, hey, I never said America is the best, because I really can't stand my own country. but whether I like it or not, I do live here, and when you're making commentary about certain things you're not talking about the land, you're talking about the people. So I did find some comments offensive. BUT NEW JERSEY IS ITS OWN COUNTRY NOW SO IM ALL GOOD

Could the American government not interfere with Egyptian politics?

@ polka
I just found an article that says our government has to decide if Morsi's removal is a coup then we have to withdraw the 1.3 billion dollars in military funding we've given your country. Don't take our money if we're not allowed to decide if we're okay with what you're doing with it. It's very irresponsible to give a country money for military spending and then just turn your back if they are using that money to do the wrong things. There's a reason we didn't start with guns in our Syrian assistance.

(Edit: here is that article.)

(P.S. I know very little about the specifics of Egyptian and Syria right now but I do know that if you don't want our help, don't take our money either.)

@ dru vs. yzma 2016
Interfering with Egyptian politics includes providing military funding - it was interference when the money was granted, it is interference now that the U.S government is debating whether to withdraw it, and it is (potentially) interference if they do decide to withdraw it - which is what some Egyptians (and people of other nationalities) are opposing.

@ dziekuje
I don't know enough about the situation to have an opinion on whether or not we should have granted aid. I know that in some cases I think aid should be granted (Syria, for example) but I'm not as up to date on all the conflicts around the globe, unfortunately.

I do think that it's hard for America because if they don't give money they're assholes and if they do give money they're interfering.

@ dru vs. yzma 2016
I think the point here is that you can't please everyone, but some people's concerns should be taken more seriously - and that linking the government's/those in power's actions to a single person's (or a groups) opinion is illogical, and just as unfair as me asking an American who opposed the Iraq war, "well, why did you decide to go to war then?"

@ dziekuje
I was simply speaking to the fact that I didn't have the knowledge to form a personal opinion, not that my personal opinion was the end all be all. I wanted to give my reasoning for not having a side.

But I think the point still stands that America is immediately asked why they're not helping and then given shit the second they do. Basically everyone hates America no matter what they do. Maybe that's karma, but it's still a fact. No one's really happy about America's aid in anyway in a foreign way right now, are they?

@ dru vs. yzma 2016
It read like you were considering the powers of Egypt and (some of) the Egyptian people as one force which was simultaneously accepting funding from the U.S government and telling them to stop interfering.

I don't think it's karma that "everyone hates America", it's simply a result of their past attempts at 'helping' countries. When a country wants to 'help' your own, but their attempts at helping elsewhere in the past were at best not very helpful, and at worst made the situation a lot worse, it's easy to see why some people are hostile. The world's policeman is going to get a lot of hate simply by being that. I don't support xenophobia, but I can understand why some people wouldn't welcome U.S intervention in their country with open arms.

@ dziekuje
I agree completely that the US shouldn't be the world police. However, whenever the US stops doing it, people get pissed off that they aren't doing it.

@ dru vs. yzma 2016
It's not an impossible situation, I think if the U.S stopped becoming so involved in other countries politics and the United Nations became more involved, complaints about how certain situations were - or weren't - being handled would be directed at (at least) the five permanent members of the Security Council - which won't be much different from now, as believe it or not, the other four countries also get blamed for doing/not doing something when acting solo (but rarely face complaints about the Middle East/North Africa area because they do not have as much involvement there). I understand your point and know it's going to take a long time to change the U.S's reputation, but that's only going to happen through active effort.

@ dziekuje
Yet, whenever something happens I don't hear "where is the UN?" I hear "where is America?"

@ dru vs. yzma 2016
Which is why I think America should take a step back and the UN should be the one to deal with these situations, because that's what it was created for (and I was referring to situations which fall under certain countries apparent responsibility, which is not always America)

@ dziekuje
And I think that a country has to consider the damage that could occur if it were to take a step back. I don't think all those countries would be thrilled if we suddenly took all our money away. They might be angry, desperate. It could make things worse in their countries. It isn't as simple as 'stop' and pull back and everything will slide along hunky-dory.

Dear America,

What the hell is up with the abortion bills popping up all of sudden? This should not be a problem still! By restricting and banning abortion you aren't getting rid of it completely. Women* are just going to turn to unsafe measures to terminate their pregnancies. Moral of the story? You still lose! This country pisses me off to know end.

@ dru vs. yzma 2016
I would hope that, if this were to ever happen, the withdrawal would not be so sudden (if the gradual withdrawal from war zones is anything to go by, it wouldn't). I don't think there is a perfect solution which would make everything "hunky-dory", if there was I'm sure people would be making a real effort to make that happen. International politics is messy, and of course there are going to be negative consequences - just like there are negative consequences to the US's actions now.

@ cannibal.
I wish it were all of a sudden. It is more frequent, but the government has been trying to overturn Roe v. Wade since it came about, so it's been about forty years, yeah?

Dear America,

Do away with the no child left behind system, get rid of reality t.v. and Stop trying to feed other starving countries when people are starving in our own. Lastly don't forget the people fighting for the rights our forefathers gave us.

@ Vanilla Twilight
Can't we just feed our own citizens without removing a lifeline from other people? I don't like the idea that we should just let people starve to death because they aren't Americans.