after, my friend, after. I also find your points below to be an interesting analogy; one of the things they teach you about neighborhood organizing is that you cannot cannot come in from the outside and tell the neighborhood what it's goals are. TO rephrase a cliche, the lightbulb has to want to change.
Dana >It's an interesting question because the US population would've never >had supported the war for ONLY those reasons, so I'm wondering if they >were laid out prior to invasion or after. > >My analogy for Iraq now is that it's like the 45 year old alcoholic >you're helping. You've spent thousands on therapy, treatment, >clothes, education, etc and, while he's not a total failure he's not >really progressing either. Your family is starting to complain and so >is your checkbook. > >So you have to ask yourself 2 questions about continuing: > >1.) Who's more important: the drunk or your family, and >2.) Will ANY amount of resources solve this problem or is it a problem >of the alcoholic's will? Does he want for himself what you want for >him? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218966 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
