I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
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Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded.Lakhdar Brahimi
I think we are pointing out to them that perhaps the evaluations of the time that is needed, the conditions that need to be fulfilled, are not accurate, and they are listening to us,
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For the past ten years the UN has been trying to help the Afghans end their wars against one another, but we have been unsuccessful.
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The Iraqi authorities, the Coalition Provisional Authority will really need to see how they can provide security for us if they want us to come back. It's useless to bring in large numbers of people if they are confined to bunkers.
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But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
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