reminds me of lessons learned as a community organizer -- the problem won't stay solved unless you are solving the right problem. And the right problem is not the one you want to solve, it's the one the community wants to solve. Is there any particular reason for instance that Iraq needs to be one country? It's actually a flight of British Victorian whimsy you know...
I am glad they formed a government mind you -- just not sure whether this is too little too late. > > Dana wrote: > > I am not sure how to do #2 either but it seems like the only option > to me. We are currently doing #1 and as predicted it seems to be > producing an ever-escalating spiral of more of the same. > > I think the key in your statement is "we". If the majority of Iraqis > were agreed that "Iraq" is indeed one country and were actively > moving > and supportive of that direction, the insurgency would go away. > > So, in that way, you don't have to kill all of the extremists, just > make it known that their fight is futile. That Iraq is not, and > never > will be, theirs. However as long as the US is providing security, > that will never happen. > > Democracy can't grow from the top down. All of the so-called > successes are just US motivated and enforced political structures. > True success in Iraq will be when local groups form to, say, improve > roads or fix water supplies. > > From what I read, all that's happening now is that Iraqis are simply > complaining about the lack of water service rather than creating > political parties to prevent that. > > It's the Broken Window Syndrome. You pay to fix up every house in a > neighborhood and, for awhile, it'll look nice. But unless the > residents are committed to fixing up their house they'll just fall > into disrepair again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207393 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
