The Invisible War

Question- Should the United States intervene in the war in the Congo?
Thesis- Yes the United States should help in the assistance of the women in the Congo.

The United States needs to make a push to help the women in the Congo. The innocent women are being raped so that the rouge groups can take over villages and the country. The U.S. needs to send in a force, this could easily turn into another case like Rwanda or Somalia and they really do not want to make that mistake again of ignoring the people in need. With the force they could try to make safe houses for women and children and try to push back some of the rouge forces to set up a stable government.

The United States also should help the Congo financially. Sure, the United States is not the best economic condition at the moment, but there are much worse places such as the Congo that are is desperate need of help. If the U.S. could help to support their government by giving them money, they could try to make a army to fight back against the rouge forces. Then the Congo could take back their government and protect it's people. If the United States does not act now, many more women and children could die from the violent rapes and attacks in the Congo.

Others to counter this might say to sanction the Congo. This would really have no effect though. The rouge groups are doing the killing not the country itself. If they were to sanction the Congo, then that would just weaken their hold over the forces even less.