Do you think it is ever right for one country to become involved in the internal affairs of another?

In some cases, I feel that a country has no right to be involved in the internal affairs of another one. A country’s government should be left to deal with its internal affairs as it knows its people the best. Moreover, military intervention is the most unjustified form of internal affair involvement. When external countries interfere, they often cause more trouble then the help they extend. For instance, although USA had intentions of helping the Iraqi civilians, its troops did more damage then help with about 655000 being killed. Instead a larger and neutral body such as the United Nations Organizations should be the mainly be the one that will have the rights to interfere as it is an unbiased organization.

However in other situations, I feel that that a country can have the right to be involved in the internal another depending on the type and severity of the situation. If a country is affected by problems such as disease epidemics, other countries can get involved in helping to contain the epidemic as it will spread rapidly to other countries. An example was the SARS epidemic that started in China and spread to many other countries including Singapore. A country can also get involved in another’s internal affair when the affected country itself is unable to deal with its problems. For instance, when large scale natural disasters occur in countries, neighbouring countries can get involved by helping out in the rebuilding and recovering of the country. An example would be the tsunami in 2004 that badly hit Indonesia. Indonesia was aided by other countries, such as Singapore and Malaysia, in its recovery from the natural disaster.

Therefore, I feel that the right of a country to be involved in another’s internal affairs is dependant on the situation of the affected the country.