people who misunderstand force:
via - this 60 year old observation from Hannah Arendt that the past 60 years has unarguably demonstrated:
All hopes to the contrary notwithstanding, it seems as though the one argument the Arabs are incapable of understanding is force.
Read the rest. Also, see also.
your turing test:
Oil for Nothing:US Holds On Humanitarian SuppliesIraq: 1997-2001
the good book and other cultural artifacts