The Hudson Institute held panel two discussions recently one on aid to failed states and another on the current political status in Iraq. I caught some of the discussions when aired on C-Span.
One thing stood out in my mind: without first stabilizing the economy and the country's political conditions any aid to these countries labelled as failed or fragile is simply pouring money down a drain, never to yield any changes in the plumbing!
These countries obviously must first grapple with the social and political problem of stability and protection of their people. Bringing in another military force to act as go-between internal enemy camps is no solution with lasting results. I believe that proposal was enacted in Libya, costing the UN a lot of money. A local militia trained by some competent military force elsewhere willing to take on the burden of supplying military assistance to such indigent military and militia forces in troubled countries is a step-one before going any further.
I believe the US discovered this truth that until the Iraqi government could rely on its trained-by-US military, the major functions of government could not be satisfactorily addressed.
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