They are Selfish

 They  are Selfish   

Now more than ever, America tries to keep to itself as a country. However, the impact of third world affairs is more direct than Americans think. 80% of the world’s population resides in third world countries, so conflict in these countries  affects the U.S more than most people know. Third world countries fuel the U.S. with resources,but the U.S. lacks involvement or aid when it comes to third world affairs, especially when it comes to genocides. The U.S> is hurting itself by not helping other third world countries, due to the increase in supporting countries later and increase in refugees coming to the U.S.A.

              The U.S.A. is already known for its advancements and being a growing country that is prospering in technology,especially that of its military standings. The U.S. holds the number 1 spot of being the strongest military in the world. The U.S.’s budget for the military is $601 billion, with an active frontline personnel of 1,400,000 people, 8,848 tanks, a total number of 13, 892 air crafts and, 72 submarines (Business Insider). This portrays to the people how their resources are at the top of the line and as well as their power. Despite all this, the U.S. government chooses not to provide any aid when it comes to third world countries. These countries is currently suffering through fall of a whole generation, but the U.S. feels as if it does not affect them due to the simple difference in distance.    

    It is now September 19, 2017, and another country is currently in the midst of a genocide that half of the world is still oblivious to: the Myanmar genocide. Already, 400,000 people have fled Myanmar for their lives and hundreds are being slaughtered due to having a different set of beliefs than the natives and being a different group of people (ABC news). The helpless are running away to the border of Bangladesh for the smallest bit of aid and shelter, and are being forced to reside in trees as their shelter and cover from the weather and harsh conditions. TheU.S., a country that prospers in wealth and resources, fail to aid them in any way. Worst of all they are not even acknowledging the matter. This shows how the U.S. can overlook a genocide orrefugee crisis with a blink of an eye. The U.S. is not considering the long term consequences that comes along with not helping  Third world countries. The U.S. is one of the largest consumers of third world countries resources. With less than 5 percent of the world’s population, the U.S. uses one-third of the world’s paper, a quarter of the world’s oil, 23 percent of the coal, 27 percent of the aluminum, and 19 percent of the copper ( World Watch) . The U.S.’s  per capita use of energy, metals, minerals, forest products, fish, grains, meat, and even fresh water dwarfs that of people living in the developing world is one of the highest. In other words, the U.S. is in need of a very large share of the third world countries’ resources. The U.S. has no other way of getting a hold of the resources and this shows that the U.S. is nothing without the help and aid of third world countries. Yet, the U.S. can’t reach out and offer the same help they receive. In the future when the U.S. needs help and aid the long term situation presents that the third world countries will not reach out or might even stop supplying the U.S. due to not receiving any help themselves during their time of need.  So the U.S. would not be a functioning country without the resources and help of rhird world countries. The U.S. is powerless without third world countries.
                 When asked, U.S. residents might say that third world countries have no impact on them because they seem so far away. However, with closer inspection they are the ones that provide the majority of their resources. The U.S.A. is in need of Burma’s petroleum gas, raw sugar and other resources.  Without third world countries they are nothing, third world countries are the ones that provide the U.S. with resources since they are  incapable of producing their own. So they need the help and aid of the third World Countries yet when it comes time to help or give aid to them the U.S. fails.