He has written a new book called STONES into SCHOOLS.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01152010/watch2.html
The above site will take you to the interview.
One of the statistics mentioned in the interview
continues to haunt me.
Keep in mind that WE have always been told
that EDUCATION is the key to EVERYTHING.
ESPECIALLY FOR A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM TO WORK
AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL.
EDUCATION !
EDUCATION !
EDUCATION !
Accepting that premise and learning what Greg Mortenson
is both doing and saying
and suddenly
you realize that
THE POLITICIANS IN CHARGE
OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS
REGARDING AFGHANISTAN.....
(WHICH MIGHT BE ALL OF THEM)
HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO HANDLE
THE SITUATION.
SENDING 30,000 MORE TROOPS IS THE LEAST AFFECTIVE WAY TO
IMPROVE THE PROBLEMS OF THAT COUNTRY.
BACK TO THE HAUNTING STATISTIC
$1,000,000 IS THE COST OF HAVING A US SOLDIER
ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN
FOR ONE YEAR.
$1.000,000 BUILDS 30-40 SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS THAT TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT THE WORLD
AND THE POSSIBILITIES
OF LIVING A LONG AND EVENTFUL LIFE.
SCHOOL IS NOT THE ANSWER IF YOU BELONG TO
THE TALIBAN
OR
AL-QAEDA
SCHOOL IS YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE
IF YOU TEACH SUICIDE BOMBING 101
SCHOOL IS SATAN IF YOU WANT CHILDREN TO HATE
JUST HAVING THAT KNOWLEDGE SHOULD MAKE
EVERY POLITICIAN
IN AMERICA
FEEL ASHAMED
IMAGINE HOW MANY SCHOOLS 30,000 TROOPS COULD BUILD
IN ONE YEAR
but
it's better to have the local people building the schools
because it puts them
to work and gives them personal pride in their local community.
Read the book, watch the interview and then try to tell me
that our Foreign Policy regarding
Afghanistan
has any
validity.
My hearing aid is tuned and ready to go.
But just like the politicans.....I'm lying.
I don't have a hearing aid.
AND they don't really care about solutions that work.
BECAUSE
whether or not you accept it
THE MILITARY COMPLEX
IS
IN
CHARGE
And schools are a waste of time when you can teach
an uneducated villager how to
operate a hand held grenade launcher.
WTFATT?
Michael Timothy McAlevey
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