As a nation we have lost control. Our government is waging war and spending taxpayer’s money like there is no tomorrow. All this is happening while many other countries, like Uganda, are in desperate need of aid and support and while many are in need in our own country.
The country I am talking about here is the impoverished country of Uganda. Uganda is involved in a civil war that is in the beginning of its twentieth year. The people of Uganda are at risk daily. At anytime the Lord’s Resistance Army could decide to raid the villages and mercilessly kill innocent people. The children of the villages do what is called a night commute every night, from there homes to the towns, and sleep anywhere they can, hospital floors, orphanages, park benches, or verandas of store fronts. The children do this so that they are not taken in the night by the LRA to become, for little boys, soldiers or, for little girls, sold into prostitution or forced marriages.
America has spent nearly 400 billion dollars over the time of the Iraq war and only about seven million dollars in aid has been given to Uganda. If we were to divert a fraction of the money we are spending in Iraq the war in Uganda could be ended. It is time for America to get its head out of the sand and look around, at its self and the rest of the world, not just the Middle East. It is time to spend money on fixing our problems at home. Social Security is dying in America and will likely not be around we my generation is ready for it, so why are we spending more than 400 billion dollars on a stupid war about oil?
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