[Opinion] The United States needs foreign intervention

Opinion Piece

American here. I live in an area that is considered relatively safe in all of our current mess. Still, ICE is operating as a domestic terror organization authorized by the government and people are disappearing. This year so far, three Americans have been killed by ICE, including a 37 year old nurse attempting to help a woman up just this morning. Three federal agents killed him.

Maybe I'm just looking for a place to vent, but this has been on my mind a lot. I am a history teacher and I have read a number of non-fiction books that have helped me understand the social context of conflicts in history. I see the pros and cons of democracy. Unfortunately, in America, someone who is uneducated and pulled into radicalization has the same ability to vote as an educated critical thinker.

I see my f​ellow Americans rising up, speaking out, and making attempts to resist. However, I see money being funneled into extremism, misinformation and racist agendas. ​I am witnessing the voices of bigoted and uneducated people cheering on the violence, and I believe we've reached critical mass where we cannot stop what's happening through our ​democratic system. Congress is being controlled by money, and can barely move the needle, let alone change things fast enough to save people from being kidnapped off the street or out of their homes and businesses, or worse, killed while trying to defend their neighbors. Our government is flagrantly stomping on our civil rights.

I genuinely think we need help, and soon.

Tl;dr: HELP PLEASE

Posted Jan 25, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC

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