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To: Lane3 who wrote (176048)8/10/2006 6:04:47 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793693
 

I'm an advocate of creative destruction, but only in controlled environments, like organizations where I've pursued that approach. In uncontrolled environments it is at best reckless. If you're going to do it, you'd better have thought it out

Unfortunately K there are no controlled environments in international politics. And there are no manuals on how to do this. We ride the tiger.


Maybe in the long term creative destruction will settle out well. OTOH, maybe in the long term growth, globalization, and prosperity would accomplish the same thing. Unfortunately, this doesn't lend itself to competing demonstration projects or time-warp do-overs

Waiting is not an option. The Middle East was getting less connected, not more. Waiting is the one scenario that will surely lead to us having to "step on" the nest. At the cost of millions of lives instead of thousands. Better to take the risk. If we fail, we just shorten the wait to Apocalypse.

Derek



To: Lane3 who wrote (176048)8/18/2006 5:13:38 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793693
 
I'm an advocate of creative destruction, but only in controlled environments, like organizations where I've pursued that approach. In uncontrolled environments it is at best reckless. If you're going to do it, you'd better have thought it out.

This point might not be relevant to the Iraq war or anti-terror war issue but -

Creative destruction is normally something that happens in largely uncontrolled environments.


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