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somehow i don't like when you generalize

You do have a tendency to speak in generalizations, and your thinking is black and white again, the same topic we clash over and over.

Not all Americans like what happened in Iraq and not all like war. Not all think it's fair and impose democracy on the Iraqis.

And many people who have initially felt ''bad about this poverty thing'' have left America and lived in other places. It needs to start from somehwere, no?

On the other hand, America is not always involved with the overwhelming poverty around the world. There's natural disasters, and incopetent leaders ( such as in Albania which has wonderful resources but is high in corruption).
A friend of mine works in a company that just bought Tetra Pak in Albania. So It could actually work the other way around-colloboration for progress.

Also, who's to say that staying in America won't help the poor in a more effective way? One can make say $60.000/year and give half of the earnings to the poor in x place while if one lives in that place ,one could do the same job being paid wayyy less. One wouldn't take care of his own needs,mind the poor. It's once your needs are covered that you look outside self/ nation ( whatever) and that is one reason maybe westerns feel bad.
Haven't you felt bad yourself for them? Are you sick of yourself too for feeling bad?