A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE PROTECTION

Like it or not, the United States is the world’s policeman. In 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge, in Cambodia, in the worst genocide from ever known in the world, we did nothing. We were sick and tired of war—the Vietnam War. When Rwanda’s Tutsis and Hutus were chopping each other to death the people said “we” should do something about that. Many said it is a tribal problem in Africa and not our business. Others said, we should rely on the United Nations to do something but they did little. When Syria’s president killed his own people, it caused an outrage. The people said “we” should do something about that. Some said we should let the United Nations do “it”. They could do nothing because of the structure of the Security Council. For all practical purposes, we ignored Cambodia; however, President Clinton regrets that he did nothing when Rwanda was in flames. When Kosovo happened people said do nothing; it is not our problem. Clinton bombed until the Serbs quite killing people and then everyone was proud we did what we did. Now, when Syria’s president is not just killing his people but gassing them by the thousands, I am hearing the same tired old refrains; let the United Nations do “it”, we are tired of wars, and it is not our affair. Only President Obama is saying what “it” is and how to do “it”; six days of missile attacks. He is truly a world leader.

The world is looking to us to do something while I am ashamed to say our Congress is setting on their hands—“we” are not the policemen of the world. The libertarians and the isolationist Republicans of Congress seem willing to let the world go without police protection. Worst of all is Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republicans; I hate Obama because he is Obama; therefore, it is OK if people die.

I am remained of Montreal when that city went without police for a week due to a labor strike. There were six bank robberies, vandals ransacked more than 100 shops, and12 fires that burned. Insurance companies estimated property damage at $3,000,000. Over 40 carloads of glass were needed to replace shattered storefronts. Two people were shot dead. You know what the people of Montreal were saying: we were luck to escape as lightly as we did. I wonder what the people will say when they see the consequences of leaving the world without police protection.

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