Reconstruction: Let’s actually build something!

Posted by Nate

on April 6, 2007

“The central idea is that if foreign military forces show restraint and respect, and help the local government to govern, then these areas will expand, slowly but persistently, like an oil stain across a shirt. As they grow, the theory says, the Taliban’s standing will decline.”

It’s nice to know that even in these bleak and dark days, there are peeps who still believe that you can make something great through creation rather than destruction.

(And if you don’t know, now you know,sucka!)

“Report Confirms Climate Change Is a Fact”

The United Nations on Friday issued its most dramatic warning yet about the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change on the planet. European political leaders say we must cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a climate change process that is already underway.

[Listening to: People As Places As People - Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (3:42)]

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