Originally Posted by
Narcissa
a) things that happen in other countries can still very much affect you, regardless of whether or not that effect is direct.
b) even if a were not true, why would you only care about what was happening in your own country.
I don't know if it's just me, but I personally find it very hard to understand what you're trying to say when you don't write in sentences, and that could be the cause of some of the confusion.