The DoD is by far the most efficacious of our executive branch departments. The question is whether DoS/presidential appointees can come in behind DoD and help a country build itself a strong state. They failed in Iraq and Afghanistan (when USAID still existed), so I fear for the people of Venezuela

Please don't take this book too seriously - the author picked a theme to focus on in order to simplify things and sell more copies then ignored/downplayed the other reasons things happen in the world.

Human issues are largely human-created, we can't just deflect blame to geography.

Can you create a system through which people who want to support/use local news can pay a fee periodically then get credits that can be used to access stories at these local news sites?

With respect, could you expand on a two state solution and how any reasonable version of it could be achieved, especially given the current opposition to it in Israel? Since I agree that leadership matters, I would love to see what being clear about where we stand looks like. I wish you the best.

'Lets put this 19 y/o with a day job as a barista behind the wheel of this 12 ton vehicle with windows so small you can only see 1/4 the field of vision of a normal car. Then at 6 AM lets send him down a street that was designed for horses in our nation's capital and tell him not to lose the convoy'

Yes! I've been saying this (to literally no one with any power to change it) for years! Also they should be able to sync multiple camera angles at the same time stamp to determine when runners are down.