'Thylacine-2' pid='45882' datel Wrote:Ever wonder why our military adventures never seem to work out as planned? http://www.theatlantic.com/international...ia/373221/
Terrific article thanks. I was just reading an article in a Dutch paper from a post-doc student working with people from India, Pakistan, China, Russia all highly educated and living in the West already for quite some time. But those Indians and Pakistani still expected to marry someone chosen by their parents, someone they might have seen only once (or not at all, as also happened). The Chinese didn't convert into dissidents but defended the Chinese president when his security service shielded him from Tibet protesters, and the Russians really didn't understand why she was definding Pussy Riot.
Even highly educated people have great trouble escaping the weight of history, institutions and culture of the place they grew up. Why are we even so surprised at this?
So how can we even think we can enter nations, often with a longer history than us, and 'sort them out,' even if, as I believe, is often with the best intentions.
The analysis of the neo-cons was correct, lack of democracy, accountability, transparency and injustice often produces low growth, despair and even terrorism. But to think that sending in an army can sort that out, well, I think only Japan could possibly be considered as a successful example.