Black Hawk Down.

                In Black Hawk down, the American Soldiers were fighting someone else’s war. Soldiers went into Somalia and attempted to stop them from killing. Firimbi, that takes Durant prisoner, says, “Do you think if you get General Aidid, we will simply put down our weapons and adopt American democracy? That the killing will stop? We know this. Without victory, there will be no peace. There will always be killing, see? This is how things are in our world.” American forces assumed the Somalian people needed help; however, the Simolians did not want it. This is one example of the fact that the world has many of problems. This being said, America faces many issues as well. The United States should take care of its own issues first.

                For many years America has lost millions of soldiers during war. Many men died trying to keep our country safe, but others died fighting in other countries’ wars. The Global Security talks about Somalia’s war and the U.S. involvement by saying this “When the United States and the UN withdrew their forces from Somalia, in 1994 and 1995 respectively, after suffering significant casualties, order still had not been restored.” Although the U.S. lost many men in the battle, the issues were not resolved. The United States also had a fear of communism spreading around the world. The U.S. fought in the Korean and Vietnam War to stop the spread of communism; however, communism was not spreading in the U.S. but rather in other countries. A student at Wellington College says this about the Korean War “The U.S. got involved in Korea to save face and to appear strong against communism, not because Korea was vital to American interests.” American government should reconsider getting involved in every war that comes along. Families of these dead, wounded, and POW soldiers should not have to be in these situations. American government has caused more casualties in unnecessary wars than should have; the U.S. should never be involved in wars with issues unrelated to it.  
        In more recent times, President Obama wants to send U.S. troops to Syria to stop them from using chemical weapons on their own people. Doug Bandow from the Huffington Post says this about the American involvement in Syria: “Syria is a tragedy. But it is not America's tragedy. Legislators should reject war with Syria.” An example of a problem that should seem more important to American government is suicide, but the government is more worried about other countries’ problems. The New York Times talks about America’s suicide rates in 2010 by saying this: “In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides.” Furthermore, how is it justified that the U.S. has its own awful problems but are more concerned with other countries? The United States has risked many soldiers’ lives for many years for other people’s issues. American government needs to stop and think about the countries’ matters at hand. The government needs to realize the U.S. does not have to be heroes around the world but just simply take care of what is in their back yard.