1.0 link 228653 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/the-failures-of-long-dist_b_228653.html One particularly attractive fantasy dies hard: Let's send over some of our government officials or volunteers, loaded with good intentions and some money, to turn an illiterate, corrupt regime into an American suburb. Quickly (if only to "drain the swamp in which terrorists thrive"). Cheaply (there is not much tolerance for foreign aid among our voters). And on the run (no need to learn the local language and culture; we are soon on the way to develop the next nation)....

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