http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2010/01/31/lawless-places-yemen-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawless-places-yemen-edition Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2010/01/31/lawless-places-yemen-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Links I Liked « The Everyday Idealist Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:29:23 +0000 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/?p=1259#comment-527 [...] Spaces’ – the article this post was ultimately based [...] [...] Spaces’ – the article this post was ultimately based [...]

]]> http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2010/01/31/lawless-places-yemen-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Barak Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:07:25 +0000 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/?p=1259#comment-503 Thanks for posting this, Mariel. The problem for the US government is not failed states, but countries that refuse to govern in ways the US government likes. This puts a different spin on US national security policy. Saving failed states sounds benevolent. Saying that the US intervenes overseas to get policies it likes sounds a bit more caustic - and realistic. Thanks for posting this, Mariel. The problem for the US government is not failed states, but countries that refuse to govern in ways the US government likes. This puts a different spin on US national security policy. Saving failed states sounds benevolent. Saying that the US intervenes overseas to get policies it likes sounds a bit more caustic – and realistic.

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