My interview with Dr. John-Patrick Ifedi was very interesting and I really enjoyed listening to his opinion. Our topic was based on genocides and revolved around some of the political aspects and psychological aspects of genocides, so our group thought it would be a great idea to interview a political science professor. Although our presentation was based on the genocide occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fact that Dr. Ifedi was from Nigeria contributed tremendously to some of the responses that he gave to the questions. For instance, I ask Dr. Ifedi, what did he thought of genocides in general. Although he gave me such a difficult time in answering such basic questions, I found his responses to be truthful. Of course like any human being with morals, and a sentimental heart, he thought that genocide was bad and should not happen. I then asked him what roll he thought the government should take in controlling the genocides, and did he think that foreign relations should get involved. With the most serious face he told me that the government should always help its people, but there are some cases in which the government is the ones conducting the genocide. As far as foreign relations, he told me that he believed in the good neighbor policy. He believed that other governments should get involved. But then he reminded me that a government has sovereignty over their own land, so who are other countries to get involved? Such a mind-bottling questions that I failed to think over when we as Americans enter other countries and get involved in other countries. I know for sure that America would not like anyone in their business, so why is it okay to be in others. What is the crossing line that makes it okay for countries to get involved, is it genocides, or economic depression? Even with these questions laid on the table, Dr. Ifedi felt strongly about the Good Neighbor Policy, and so do I. This information contributed to our presentation because it allowed us to be more open-minded
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