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In an article entitled "Is America Training Too Many Foreign Armies?" posted at Foreign Policy, author John Norris explains why America should choose countries a little more careful before training their armies for combat.

Stated by John, " the failure of the U.S. military training to instill respect for human rights in the Malian army now accused of massacring Arabs and Turegs as it fights its way north into rebel-held territory." Therefore making Americas choice in training this army somewhat responsible for the deaths of those in their way. Thus leading to the conclusion that its not who should get American training, yet who shouldn't.

Another troubling thought stated in this article, "military and economic assistance are treated as quite different creatures. For economic assistance, the U.S. has insisted that aid recipients at least demonstrate some commitment to democracy. This is not so on the military side" So we could be training terrorist or saints. The next Bin Laden or our biggest ally. The decision on who does and who does not receive training has extremely different outcomes when talking about best and worst case scenarios.

So should America not train everyone? Norris says, "a few months spent studying tactics and logistics in Kansas or Georgia rarely seems to slow down a power-hungry colonel when he is hell bent of toppling the elected government that just threatened to cut his budget." Therefore making it an ultimate judge of character and trust on who to train and who not to train.

Like many others have, I have put my trust into someone or something and it has abused or misused it. Much like that of the case in U.S. military training being used to slay innocent people for a pointless cause. So I can relate to how those trainers feel. For it becomes harder and harder for me to trust anyone after being stabbed in the back.

In conclusion, U.S. leaders should be a little more cautious when handing out deadly tactics and strategies to the unknown. For as you can see, it doesn't always end in our favor.