Afghanistan

[ZenGum]

IMHO, Afghanstan was never rebuildable as a modern democratic nation.

Democracy is hard to teach becaues it requires patience, self-control and accepting that you don't always get what you want, even though you could just do what you always did and go out with some guns and take it. The fruits come slowly.

Like I keep telling you, we need to mumblemumblemuble immediately!

[classicman]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

IMHO, Afghanistan was never rebuildable as a modern democratic nation.

Democracy is hard to teach because it requires patience, self-control and accepting that you don't always get what you want, even though you could just do what you always did and go out with some guns and take it. The fruits come slowly.

Like I keep telling you, we need to mumblemumblemuble immediately!

well said. They have to be able to grasp the concept. They are generations deep in ignorance and despair, without basic needs nor education and beaten down by decades ... err ... centuries of dictatorships.