Hawkmoon:
I just substituted a few different words in your writeup. It still seems to make sense.
That's going to be the real challenge here. Getting these NATIONS to realize their greatest self-interest is in sacrificing a portion of their authority and power to a centralized WORLD institution, and then ABIDING BY IT. They need to recognize a greater law than their own use of force and greed for wealth and power.
Unfortunately, since power in the WORLD currently comes from the barrel of a T-55 and AK-47, it will be incredibly difficult to convince these guys to trust each other enough to put down the weapons. And even then, some elements have NO INTEREST in giving up their arms.
Thus, I don't hold out much hope for a post-war WORLD, until they give up the idea that everyone has the right to pursue their own quest for honor or revenge, over the interest of the greater society as a whole.
>That's going to be the real challenge here in getting these tribal warlords to realize their greatest self-interest is in sacrificing a portion of their authority and power to a centralized governmental institution, and then ABIDING BY IT. They need to recognize a greater law than their own use of force and greed for wealth and power.
Unfortunately, since power in Afghanistan currently comes from the barrel of a T-55 and AK-47, it will be incredibly difficult to convince these guys to trust each other enough to put down the weapons. And even then, some elements have NO INTEREST in giving up their arms.
Thus, I don't hold out much hope for a post-war Afghanistan, until they give up the idea that everyone has the right to pursue their own quest for honor or revenge, over the interest of the greater society as a whole.> |
