I have no doubt that other countries need assistance from our country, but what about the people that need help that are actually in our country. There was a time in the history of our country that we firmly believed in isolation; we sympathized but wanted to remain isolated. Now, it seems we can’t help but get involved in foreign affairs.

There are people who want to put a stop to violence in other countries, what about violence here? I don’t know how many stories I have read in the past few months about a man killing his wife, young children, and then himself, but I know it is too many.

Does it drive anyone else that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopt babies from every other county, but completely ignore the thousands of teenagers in the U.S. who feel unloved and have no place to call a home? It kills me that people always want to adopt a baby instead of a seven year old child or fifteen year old teenager. What makes them so undesirable? I am not saying there are not people out there who do not because I know there very well is, and I think that is absolutely wonderful. It just seems more uncommon.

I am aware of what I am saying. I know it sounds like I don’t care about suffering countries that need help. I do care and it saddens me that they are in those situations, but I feel as though our country’s suffering gets ignored. We are just broken as the rest of the world.