“Are We Really Giving a Helping Hand?”

Harry’s commentary on the United States involvement in other countries called “Are We Really Giving a Helping Hand?” makes a lot sense to me and how I feel about things that have been happening lately. Why are we always the country that has to go out and save the poor abused inhabitants of other countries? Sure it sounds like the noble gesture of a kind and caring country, but it seems to always come back to bite us on the hand. Just the ones in my lifetime have been pretty bad examples of giving a helping hand. Vietnam was a huge mistake and a total failure. We probably abused their citizens and caused more destruction then their government ever did. I know that we did do some good over there and saved some lives, but was it worth all the American soldiers that were killed for very little? Iraq and Afghanistan are going in the same direction as Vietnam. Have we really learned from the past or do we just keep repeating the same cycle.   What about all the money that is spent on wars, does that help us a home or not? Could we not take care of our own home front a little better such as providing a little more security to our education system and those involved in the preparation of our children and their future? So I agree with Harry and say stop increasing the national dept trying to save the world. Fix the problems in our own county before giving a helping hand to others.