Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald wrote: Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice. J.A. Terranson Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/17/05, James A. Donald wrote: After the unpleasant experience of nation bulding in Iraq, I hope that for the next round, he will stick to nation destruction. Amen. All we really needed was a quick fly-by and reformat, and let Allah sort 'em out, on a grand tour of the um,

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 4:34 PM -0500 1/17/05, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Tommy had only a small sip of the Kool-Aide, and apparently, ^h ^^saw the colors... but tried to cut it with a whole *vat* full of tanker-piss... I hate it when that happens... Cheers, RAH -- - R. A.

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald wrote: Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice. J.A. Terranson Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/17/05, James A. Donald wrote: After the unpleasant experience of nation bulding in Iraq, I hope that for the next round, he will stick to nation destruction. Amen. All we really needed was a quick fly-by and reformat, and let Allah sort 'em out, on a grand tour of the um,

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-17 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 4:34 PM -0500 1/17/05, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Tommy had only a small sip of the Kool-Aide, and apparently, ^h ^^saw the colors... but tried to cut it with a whole *vat* full of tanker-piss... I hate it when that happens... Cheers, RAH -- - R. A.

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- For these reasons it seems to us that military planners and decision makers should be interested in considering new approaches toward aiding failing and faltering states. 4 [...]The cure they propose is conservatorship, under which the United Nations would directly supervise or

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, James A. Donald wrote: Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice. Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in a

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:31:05 -0600 (CST), J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in a few months, you'd better get used to it. It's interesting you called him that, given your next statement. No. The problem is states like the US who

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- For these reasons it seems to us that military planners and decision makers should be interested in considering new approaches toward aiding failing and faltering states. 4 [...]The cure they propose is conservatorship, under which the United Nations would directly supervise or

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread Pete Capelli
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:31:05 -0600 (CST), J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in a few months, you'd better get used to it. It's interesting you called him that, given your next statement. No. The problem is states like the US who

Re: Spotting Trouble Identifying Faltering and Failing States (1997)

2005-01-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, James A. Donald wrote: Oh wow, let us expand our current highly popular and successful Iraqi operation to embrace a quarter of the world. Wouldn't it be nice? No, come to think of it, it would not be nice. Since Mein Fuhrer Bush is preparing to escalate to Iran in a