tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post1630034544448680130..comments2023-10-26T14:13:58.282+00:00Comments on Is there more to life than shoes?: Tales from a sandy place: part deuxTrixyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-57131651895620029662008-07-17T21:17:00.000+00:002008-07-17T21:17:00.000+00:00Both posts are an excellent read and very educatio...Both posts are an excellent read and very educational, keep them coming.<BR/><BR/>From what you are saying it sounds like Afghanistan needs to be a lose Federal country with minimal control from Kabul and I don't hold out much hope of that happening.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that the main countries and institutions involved in the nation building are all centralises and will find the concept of minimal control form the centre a problem. The EU is hell bent on centralisation, we probably have the most centralising Govt we've ever had, the USA regularly has spats between States and Washington and as for the UN, suporting corrupt regimes is their raison d'etre.<BR/><BR/>It fills me with a foreboding that you and future generations are going to be there for some time trying to stop civil war, despite the good work you are doing.Simon Fawthrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.com