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    Council Member Ken White's Avatar
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    Default Steve's right, of course. Rarely is any action by a nation due to a single cause.

    With respect ot ungoverned spaces and terrorist organizations and such, it really a question of how important a specific issue is to someone in the power structure. My basic point was that all too often, we Americans (or, more correctly, many Americans) think other people WANT to be like us. Most don't. That's true because of this: LINK.

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    Default Closer to home?

    I recall from my university days, around 1975, that there was a view that the UK becoming ungovernable was fashionable; Prof. Anthony King wrote a long article, alas not readily found on free websites. Much has changed since then, but the theme re-appeared recently.

    Google then found a more contemporary article on the USA's favourite state, yes California, becoming ungovernable: http://www.economist.com/displayStor...ry_id=13649050

    Once again I echo Ken and others - look behind you!

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    ungoverned spaces are interesting, but it is poorlygoverned populaces that are dangerous.
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    "The modern COIN mindset is when one arrogantly goes to some foreign land and attempts to make those who live there a lesser version of one's self. The FID mindset is when one humbly goes to some foreign land and seeks first to understand, and then to help in some small way for those who live there to be the best version of their own self." Colonel Robert C. Jones, US Army Special Forces (Retired)

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