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To: combjelly who wrote (283049)	4/4/2006 11:13:33 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572102

I think our political system forces very short term thinking here. If a party doesn't deliver, they won't be around long. If they launch stupid, costly, bloody foreign wars, they won't be back. Still, some of the lower visibility things that keep going in the background across administrations turn out to be the most important. The Bushies with their neocons seem to have trashed DECADES of bi-partisan efforts though. NIXON started the EPA and the SALT talks. fas.org

To: combjelly who wrote (283049)	4/5/2006 7:26:54 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572102

re: That's the biggest problem. As a culture, we are ruled by the quarterly report and simple solutions. We can make the world a much better place, and it is in our interest to do so, but we have to have a longer time horizon and accept that the world is a complex place. Solutions that don't work aren't solutions. To keep trying them over and over again, while showing great determination, is more than a little brain dead. And different cultures are, well, different. Not that they can't benefit from democracy and free enterprise. But the path from point A to point B is going to be different for every culture and requires, you know, actual knowledge and understanding of those cultures. There isn't a one size fits all approach. Exactly, well said.

To: combjelly who wrote (283049)	4/7/2006 4:54:54 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572102

"Maybe it's the US attitude of instant gratification... if we can't make it work in 30 days send in the troops, and fuck the consequences." That's the biggest problem. As a culture, we are ruled by the quarterly report and simple solutions. We can make the world a much better place, and it is in our interest to do so, but we have to have a longer time horizon and accept that the world is a complex place. Solutions that don't work aren't solutions. To keep trying them over and over again, while showing great determination, is more than a little brain dead. And different cultures are, well, different. Not that they can't benefit from democracy and free enterprise. But the path from point A to point B is going to be different for every culture and requires, you know, actual knowledge and understanding of those cultures. There isn't a one size fits all approach. It is a big problem. An even bigger one is that we expect we will be greeted with open arms and our way of life will be endorsed immediately. I think we should treat the improving of the world in much the same way a city neighborhood is improved. We should pinpoint the most promising nations in each region of the world.......the ones most willing to change and get better. And work with them almost exclusively. Set them up so that they benefit in trade with the first world. Create scholarship programs so there best and brightest can get the best education in their fields. Provide low interest loans to help with the buildout of their infrastructure. But every giveaway must be given with a caveat.......the scholarship man or woman must give something back to the community from which s/he came. If s/he is trained as a doctor, then s/he must work in an hospital in a poor neighborhood for 5 years before s/he can start his/her own practice. If its a trade benie, then a portion of the profit gained by the company gained should go to special job training for the poor or the building of a day care facility. Everything we give needs to have strings attached to it that improves something else in the process. The EU is using a slightly similar process and its proving to be very effective. It may take ten years to see the beginning of meaningful change but when they become visible, that's when other countries will want to jump onto the bandwagon........and will be more pliable and willing during the process. IMO.