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The standard theme of counterinsurgency theory (COIN in the trade) is “terrorists take advantage of hunger and poverty.” Foreigners building stuff is,Ferragamo Handbag, of course,Ferragamo Handbag, the answer,Ferragamo Handbag, if only we could get it right,Ferragamo Bag. Such is part of the justification for the onrushing militarization of Africa,Ferragamo Handbag, which carries with it a reconstruction component (even if on a desperately reduced scale,Ferragamo Handbag, thanks to the tightening finances of the moment),Ferragamo Bag. There are few historical examples of COIN ever really working and many in which failed, but the idea is too attractive and its support industry too well established for it to simply go away,Ferragamo Bag.

Why Reconstruction at All,Ferragamo Outlet,Ferragamo Outlet?

Then there’s that other why question: Why, in our zeal to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan,Ferragamo Outlet, we never considered spending a fraction as much to rebuild Detroit,Ferragamo Outlet,Ferragamo Outlet, New Orleans,Ferragamo Handbag, or Cleveland (projects that,Ferragamo Outlet, unlike Afghanistan and Iraq in their heyday, have never enjoyed widespread support)?

I use the term “reconstruction” for convenience, but it is important to understand what the U.S. means by it,Ferragamo Outlet. Once corruption and pure greed are strained out (most projects in Iraq and Afghanistan were simply vehicles for contractors to suck money out of the government) and the vanity projects crossed off (building things and naming them after the sitting ambassador was a popular suck-up technique), what’s left is our desire for them to be like us.