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

In my view, I feel that a country should not be involved in the internal affairs of another country as it is a form of invasion of privacy. However, countries can get involved in certain exceptions where, their assistance brings about positive impacts to the country. Therefore, through this write up I would state why I feel that in certain cases countries should intervene in the internal affairs of another and why they should not.

From the article, a clear example as to why countries should not intervene into other countries is the US-Iraq Situation that is taking in place. As stated in the article, when US troops invaded Iraq to annihilate the opposing terrorist forces, it also caused the death of 654,965 innocent Iraqis since 2006. This shows the problems that arise when countries intervene into the internal affairs of other countries. Moreover, when this happens, the government that intervenes may not fully understand the situation that the country is put in and may end up causing more problems rather than offering a helping hand to the country.

However, there are certain times where countries can intervene into the internal affairs of others. This happens when the victim country is undergoing severe problems such as rioting or political mishaps. A simple example occurred in the 1970’s regarding the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. The Tamil tigers were a terrorist organization that was set up by frustrated Tamils over the government and state officials of Sri Lanka. They caused several problems that ranged from rioting to even killings. The killings were mainly off politicians and the Sinhalese citizens. Hence, to diffuse this rage between the two parties, the Indian government stepped in to solve certain problems by providing food and clothing to poor Sinhalese and Tamil peasants who were victims to the large scale sufferings. Therefore, it can be seen that in this case, the government stepped in to help Sri Lanka in its internal affairs and brought about a positive impact rather than to cause more problems. This is an apparent example as to how and when countries should intervene into the internal affairs of other countries.

In reference to Jia Hao’s write up, I agree with his stand and his arguments that support his stand as they are somewhat parallel to my viewpoints. Therefore, I would like to reiterate my stand by stating that, countries should only intervene into other countries’ internal affairs when there is a need to or when they are sure that their assistance would be of great help to the country. In other such cases, the country should not participate in government intervention into other cou