Comments on: The Show Must Go On http://aworldofprogress.com/the-show-must-go-on/ an online magazine for the Progressive Human Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:05:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike S http://aworldofprogress.com/the-show-must-go-on/comment-page-1/#comment-1948 Mike S Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:28:11 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5628#comment-1948 My own visits there were as far back as the mid-sixties when it was a far different place. Until the residents are given more than lip service and military aid they'll never bridge the 'time gap' that runs for nearly 30 years and many conflicts. The reasons for continued failure are many and solutions often painful. The one thing (MY opinion) they don't need is a puppet government that the outside forces operating there treat as legitimate. A people can't be expected to support a regime they don't believe is legal and has their interests at heart. Ignore the wishes of the residents at your own peril, a lesson taught violently over the centuries of conflicts there. Much of it goes back to the simple adage "I will fight against my cousin with my brother, but, I will fight with my brother AND my cousin against the outsider." The true path to peace in much of the world is to educate the world about the culture, peoples, economies, and priorities of other nations BEFORE they interfere. What is acceptable to us may not be for othere & vice versa. Sadly, the path taken from 2003 to the present has created near insurmountable obstacles with the typical arrogance we're well known for. Obama and following administrations will be dealing with this problem for years to come. My own visits there were as far back as the mid-sixties when it was a far different place. Until the residents are given more than lip service and military aid they’ll never bridge the ‘time gap’ that runs for nearly 30 years and many conflicts. The reasons for continued failure are many and solutions often painful. The one thing (MY opinion) they don’t need is a puppet government that the outside forces operating there treat as legitimate. A people can’t be expected to support a regime they don’t believe is legal and has their interests at heart.

Ignore the wishes of the residents at your own peril, a lesson taught violently over the centuries of conflicts there. Much of it goes back to the simple adage “I will fight against my cousin with my brother, but, I will fight with my brother AND my cousin against the outsider.” The true path to peace in much of the world is to educate the world about the culture, peoples, economies, and priorities of other nations BEFORE they interfere. What is acceptable to us may not be for othere & vice versa.

Sadly, the path taken from 2003 to the present has created near insurmountable obstacles with the typical arrogance we’re well known for. Obama and following administrations will be dealing with this problem for years to come.

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