How do I know this to be true? Well, starting with Homer, the stories of war and daring deeds makes its ways into books. Oh, and they get translated!

Are wars folly? Barbara Tuchman thought so. Because? They are high risk. And, one side loses.

Maybe, we can differentiate between all out wars, and the “fluff” that’s passed for them, since the UN got a hold of lots of diplomatic privileges; and? Well, both American and Israel tie themselves up in knots, to fight “majestically” … without causing injury. Those have failed, whenever they are tried.

While, yes. I do call this creating VEXING PROBLEMS. You’d be surprised, but “wars” to kill mosquitos, for instance. Or wars to solve drug usage. Are a big waste of time. and trouble. Employing lots of people.

Anyway, setting his gaze upon the world, Winston Churchill observed that the White Man is in short supply. But among all the nations, when you look for the world of ideas … you see that it started “first” … coming off of a small island. (They didn’t do so good, either, at helping other nations learn much. But, on the other hand? They sure did invent a whole bunch of systems that work well at managing people.)

You want governments to work well? Heck, you just got an American, Talansky, to come to Israel, to try and take down Olmert … WHen, lo and behold, America teaches all of its students, that our Founding Fathers set down the idea that all governments function better when you “put up a wall between the secular functions of government, and religion.”

So, instead? Talansky goes to Israel.

Can he shake up ‘da house? Or are you just looking at another VEXING PROBLEM?

But interesting to see them pontificating about where businesses should and shouldn’t be setting up shop. Certainly clear-thinking companies are ignoring such lists and setting up shop in places down the bottom of the list like Russia, Lebanon, Nigeria (where telecoms are growing at the fastest rate on earth), Turkey etc.

If the idea behind this “study” was to help out businesses make “decisions” on where to set up shop then I wouldn’t worry. Any company stupid enough to use this as a criteria instead of real business reasons would likely go out of business anyways.