Freedom is seldom found, by beating someone to the ground.

I think I have more of an isolationist's view toward things. I don't think its right that the United States is so heavily involved in other countries affairs. I just think that there are so many other things the U.S. could be doing instead of waging war. Instead of invading Iraq, why couldn't we provide relief in Africa? Instead of attempting to defeat communism in Vietnam by way of war, why couldn't we have focused on our own problems and strengthened democracy in America? There's an old story I think the U.S. could learn from, it's about trying to take a splinter out of your neighbor's eye when there's a plank sticking out of your own eye. America seems so fixated on the way people are living in other countries, when maybe if we focused our efforts on how things are here, we could solve some really big problems. A lot of the time it seems like the help America provides other countries actually ends up hurting them more than if we had never gotten involved. It seems like the U.S. wants to control everything, we force people into democracy whether they like it or not. War is not the answer, and there are other things we could do instead that I think would be more beneficial for everyone. We could focus on ourselves some, and help those who ask and who need; instead of busting into places we're not wanted, guns blazing, and promising freedom.

Don't try to tell me what to do.

Who am I to say how someone should live their life? Personally, I really hate being told what to do or how to live, so I imagine other people feel the same. Unless someone is being harmed somehow it's really no place for me to butt in. I have limited life experience and by no means do I think I've made all the right decisions through the years, I can only do my best, and that is all I can expect of anyone else. I also think that there is a huge difference between helping and butting in. By all means, help whoever wants help, but when you forcefully "help" someone who never asked you to, you cross a line. I'm all for giving advice and help where I can when I friend or someone asks, but I don't go around offering my opinion about how people should be living, I think if I did I would be very unlikable. As always there are exceptions; if I saw a friend or someone who could not help themselves in dire straits, I would be compelled to help. It's a tough question to answer, especially without a specific example, but I tend to lean toward minding my own business.