| The good options for u.s. policy circa, say, 1996-7?
1. Pay reparations for tearing up the country during our proxy war with the Soviets (to be administered primarily as food aid through Oxfam, the U.N., and other established relief channels). Lend assistance in removing mines. Thomas Friedman would probably say establish a Hamburger University in Kabul and give each tribal chieftain McDonald's franchises, under the theory that "no nation with a McDonald's has ever declared war on another nation with a McDonald's."
2. Massive "tough love" austerity program in the U.S. to make dependence on foreign oil moot. Close military bases around the world and use the money to build mass transit in major U.S. cities. Melt down tanks and build more rail infrastructure to reduce dependence on trucking industry.
3. Anything but what we did.
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1. Pay reparations for tearing up the country during our proxy war with the Soviets (to be administered primarily as food aid through Oxfam, the U.N., and other established relief channels). Lend assistance in removing mines. Thomas Friedman would probably say establish a Hamburger University in Kabul and give each tribal chieftain McDonald's franchises, under the theory that "no nation with a McDonald's has ever declared war on another nation with a McDonald's."
2. Massive "tough love" austerity program in the U.S. to make dependence on foreign oil moot. Close military bases around the world and use the money to build mass transit in major U.S. cities. Melt down tanks and build more rail infrastructure to reduce dependence on trucking industry.
3. Anything but what we did.
- tom moody 1-15-2002 8:34 pm
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- dave 1-17-2002 9:00 am [add a comment]