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The Agency for Volunteer Service administers volunteer-orinted programs in the United States and in developing countries abroad. ACTION's international programs are coordinated and administered by the Peace Corps, which is currently situated in twenty-three African countries. The aim of ACTION International Programs "is to promote world peace and friendship through the Peace Corps and to provide technical assistance and encouragement to the development of volunteer activities in less developed countries and internationally."

The Agency for Volunteer Service administers volunteer-orinted programs in the United States and in developing countries abroad. ACTION's international programs are coordinated and administered by the Peace Corps, which is currently situated in twenty-three African countries. The aim of ACTION International Programs "is to promote world peace and friendship through the Peace Corps and to provide technical assistance and encouragement to the development of volunteer activities in less developed countries and internationally."

PEOPLE ARE OFTEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES: TAKING SIDES AND AN ACTIVE PART IN OTHER PEOPLE'S CONFLICTS BY PROJECTING MILITARY POWER AROUND THE WORLD, OR RETREATING INTO ISOLATIONISM, IGNORING WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AT THEIR OWN PERIL. U.S. ISOLATIONISM, AFTER THE SENATE REFUSED TO JOIN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR HITLER'S RISE TO POWER. THEREFORE, MILITARY INTERVENTIONS ARE PORTRAYED AS NECESSARY FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE. THERE IS A FAR BETTER THIRD ALTERNATIVE: PLAYING AN ACTIVE, BUT PURELY PEACEFUL ROLE AROUND THE WORLD, HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED, AT THEIR OWN REQUEST. IN THE FACE OF GREAT INJUSTICE, THE CRUELEST THING TO DO MAY BE TO DO NOTHING.