William your comments are the epitome of Dr. King's wonderful quote "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity".
Irwin: To acknowledge you are in a quandary re who would make the best POTUS among all of the candidates available should be a great embarrassment to yourself. Bertrand Russell described very accurately the three stoogies along with Ben and Grumpy in one sentence. "the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt" It is obvious you truly don't know what you don't know if you think there is any choice at all other than HRH. For your own good and peace of mind, get informed, it takes a little work, but you will be the better man for it.
Dr Cole: As a regular reader I am constantly amazed at how little I am able to grasp, let alone understand, the complexities of the region. I try hard to comprehend the wide-ranging subtlety that tribe, religious faith, valley or village allegiance plays in the thinking of the people and I constantly fail miserably. Years ago I had a boss that used what he called "the farmer in the field" approach to addressing complex problems. He said that if you could not go out and explain the issue(s) to a farmer working in the field, you were severely lacking in the communication skills necessary to making your point(s) understood and in all probability, understanding the issues as well. His comment was not made to denigrate in any way the farmer's intelligence.
Here is my concern, without pandering, if a person of your knowledge, experience and dedication to learning has trouble making someone like myself understand these very complex issues, how can we expect the government to successfully reach out to all of us "farmers in the fields" and understand, much less support, their policies, plans and programs?
William your comments are the epitome of Dr. King's wonderful quote "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity".
Mr. Brumberg should look into the personality disorder "malignant narcissism" for a much better understanding of TANG's actions
Edwin R. Sponable
Irwin: To acknowledge you are in a quandary re who would make the best POTUS among all of the candidates available should be a great embarrassment to yourself. Bertrand Russell described very accurately the three stoogies along with Ben and Grumpy in one sentence. "the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt" It is obvious you truly don't know what you don't know if you think there is any choice at all other than HRH. For your own good and peace of mind, get informed, it takes a little work, but you will be the better man for it.
Dr Cole: As a regular reader I am constantly amazed at how little I am able to grasp, let alone understand, the complexities of the region. I try hard to comprehend the wide-ranging subtlety that tribe, religious faith, valley or village allegiance plays in the thinking of the people and I constantly fail miserably. Years ago I had a boss that used what he called "the farmer in the field" approach to addressing complex problems. He said that if you could not go out and explain the issue(s) to a farmer working in the field, you were severely lacking in the communication skills necessary to making your point(s) understood and in all probability, understanding the issues as well. His comment was not made to denigrate in any way the farmer's intelligence.
Here is my concern, without pandering, if a person of your knowledge, experience and dedication to learning has trouble making someone like myself understand these very complex issues, how can we expect the government to successfully reach out to all of us "farmers in the fields" and understand, much less support, their policies, plans and programs?