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Daily Dish cite on Esquire post
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 7:46AM Find it here.
I credit Yale and Claremont Grad School for convincing me on this point, showing the utility of the wisdom of crowds (especially populated by young new thinkers).
Reader Comments (4)
As I have commented before I applaud your C-I-A long term world strategy and your comments here continue to buttress this.
Hi Tom,
I hope you tackle global economic models with this "crowd" approach. I think all of the traditional economic thought is bi-polar, outdated and flawed and it drives so much of our international policy.
Cheers,
Richard Lewis
Just a thought about your Esquire post.
"Following Al Qaeda wherever it may go", may sound good on paper, but unless you can define the end state, you are embarking on a fool's errand.
As long as America is perceived to give unqualified support to Israel, and as long as the US is perceived to be meddling in the internal affairs of Muslim states, the US will be seen as taking sides in a religious war / an enemy of Muslims.
This is what recruits suicide bombers - and don't tell me about whacking them. The whole point of their existence is to become martyrs.
It doesn't help that the US is hapless in its outreach efforts to Muslim youth. The "Shared Values" program was a disaster and I haven't seen any real effort by America to explain its actions in the Muslim World.
I watched Obama's mediocre performance at the United Nations on the question of Palestinian Statehood and I knew it would play very well with Al Qaeda.
Getting all states below $3,000 GDP/capita to that level and beyond, preferably to $10,000 GDP/capita by any legal means necessary through work and trade is the defined and preferred end state of any nation regardless of religion, or ethnic background.
Since most states in this category are mostly agricultural, start there by improving those methods to feed themselves then sell to others countries while increasing the urbanization rate through industrialized work. That is always going to be the theme, employment and small business leading people away from the farm. Of course, the issue of land ownership and records, business ownership, (including women) must be written in law.
Most countries under $3000gdp/capita are doing this anyway, only Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia area really bearing the US military brunt here before any of those wonderful economics begin to happen. Where is the muslim world or India/China to really step up and get those nations employed with valuable work to compensate for the US military and diplomatic only approach. At least the US does spend time trying to develop something like schools and hospitals although government is not good at those things. I don't remember the Soviets building any schools in Afghanistan after killing 1 million people with their own 15,000 dead after 10 years. Where are Saudi Arabia development projects in those 5 countries? Where are the gulf state development projects in those 5 countries?
At least China is developing the copper mine in Afghanistan and ports in Pakistan following behind the US military intervention. Let's see China and India develop Yemen and Somalia without military intervention, then I would be impressed and glad that the US isn't alone in moving beyond warfare while the world sits in judgment.