In a message dated 11/24/03 2:02:40 AM Mountain Standard Time, andrewdj54701@yahoo.com writes: >I came across this nifty essay on the Net awhile back, about the seven >signs of failed or failiing states. It's from the Spring '98 issue of >PARAMETERS, which is the journal of the U.S. Army's War College. You can read >the whole thing at http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/98spring/ >peters.htm, What a load of BS. This article falls more under pro-american propaganda than under real scholarship. It doesn't define economic factors, it says that America's education system is the best in the world, and doesn't account for differences in population and culture. I couldn't even finish reading this load of garbage. Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.


