"But what I do have are a very particular set of skills..."

A couple weeks ago I went to the movies and saw Taken. It’s about a man’s daughter and her cousin who get kidnapped in Paris by sex traffickers. And he is a retired preventer, so of course he has some super cool skills that help him in getting his daughter back. I connected this with Kristof’s column, although I’m sure the conditions in Cambodia are much more severe.
I do not think that the US should get involved with the sex slavery in other countries. Yes, sex trafficking is a terrible thing and no teenage girl should have to go through that, but the US should focus on our own problems and stay out of other countries’ problems, unlike what we did in Iraq. There isn’t really a good way to even help with the problem in Cambodia, our army can’t just stroll into Poipet and rescue all the prostitutes and arrest all the pimps. That just isn’t our place to act. In Kristof’s articles, he said that the women’s organizations are being lazy with this whole situation. But what really can they do? I mean, if sex slavery is going on in America, then I sure as hell hope these women’s groups and everyone else would be trying everything possible to put a stop to it. But in another country, with their own government and laws, we can’t really do much unless we force our way in and take over (and that just isn’t cool) The best we can do is let those countries know our opinion on the matter and let them know we are more than willing to help end the slavery.
A liberal society would want these women to have their own individual rights, and not be forced to have sex for money or to be keep locked up 24/7. Personally, I think nothing about sex slavery is right and it should be stopped. But I think Cambodia and all the other countries where this is going on need to step up and try and put a stop to it themselves, and not need the US to threaten them to get it done.