Foreign Intervention, Regions With Greater Power Should Help Other Regions In Need Essay

“With great power comes great responsibility,” is a quote said by Ben parker from Stan Lee’s “Spider-man”. The quote means that if you have the capability to do something, you are obliged to do it for the good of others. -1- In the context of foreign intervention, regions with greater power should help other regions in need. Power refers to resources, such as money, man-power and land. Foreign intervention refers to the use of the discretionary power of a government in one society to address perceived problems in foreign societies. -2- However, would it be ethically right not to help someone out of obligation just because you have the power to do so?

There are many situations in which obligation is the main factor driving people
The water supplies were disrupted and contaminated, sanitation facilities and sewage treatment works were damaged. -4- Not only would the people not heal from their injuries and illnesses, but their condition may worsen with the lack of resources. Fortunately, national health professionals, often supported by local and international NGOs, UN agencies, and other partners, responded immediately. International organizations tried their best to help these countries in need and it has had a major impact on improvement of the countries standard of living. Disease surveillance and early warning systems have fulfilled their role. So far, there have been no major disease outbreaks. Direct Relief (a non-profit, nonpartisan organization) helped to rebuild fishing villages in Thailand, build latrines in a refugee camp in Sri Lanka and construct health clinics in India. -5- With the help of foreign intervention, the resources loaned/given by regions with more power could help countries when they need it the most thus building a better future for the
The aid given in foreign interventions may not be the best decision for the country thus may result in accidental ramifications. Case in point, United States foreign intervention in Libya in 2011. Libya has been under the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi for 42 years, since 1969, in which he had caused the downfall of its society. Although their per capita income was fairly high, at $14100, an estimated one third of the Libyan population lived below the poverty line. -6- With empty promises made and scarcity still going on, protests started in early 2011 in several cities. Muammar Gaddafi announced that the rebels would be "hunted down street by street, house by house and wardrobe by wardrobe". -7- Bloodbath broke out shortly after with thousands killed or injured. Barack Obama, President of the United States at that time, sanctioned military intervention in Libya with the aim of saving lives and improving the society. The U.S, together with other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries enforced a Libyan no-fly zone and started bombing Gaddafi’s forces, encouraged Gaddafi to step down. After seven months, having sustained Western support from the U.S, rebel forces dominated the country and killed Gaddafi. In spite of the freedom earned by the Libyans, Obama's mediation in Libya was a wretched failure. Violent deaths and other abuses to human rights have in fact