04-09-2003, 04:48 PM
The US could use the all of the help and expertise of the following in 'getting it right.'
Poles
Czechs
Slovaks
who recently went through a significant change
Not to mention
English and Italians and Spanish
who run different but effective versions of representative governments. The Spanish in particular are only a generation away from a Junta-style government, Franco, and have IMO a great deal to offer insofar as practical advice.
Turks
who have an effective structure in place as well, all rhetoric on their human rights record vis a vis Armenians and Kurds notwithstanding.
If ever a time to trust your friends was to arise, the assistance to the folks in Iraq in crafting a home grown future on 'a better idea' is it.
Or put another way, perhaps a more 'socialist model' such as the German or Swedish model, would make more sense as an initial move forward over what some in this country would suggest 'a market based __fill in the blank.'
Poles
Czechs
Slovaks
who recently went through a significant change
Not to mention
English and Italians and Spanish
who run different but effective versions of representative governments. The Spanish in particular are only a generation away from a Junta-style government, Franco, and have IMO a great deal to offer insofar as practical advice.
Turks
who have an effective structure in place as well, all rhetoric on their human rights record vis a vis Armenians and Kurds notwithstanding.
If ever a time to trust your friends was to arise, the assistance to the folks in Iraq in crafting a home grown future on 'a better idea' is it.
Or put another way, perhaps a more 'socialist model' such as the German or Swedish model, would make more sense as an initial move forward over what some in this country would suggest 'a market based __fill in the blank.'
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete