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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 25, 2003 04:22pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By CLAUDIA KENNEDY
GUEST COLUMNIST
My heart has always gone out to the plight of very poor people. I have intuitively felt, however, that so-called chronic poverty is not a condition impervious to remedy. As an adult, my thinking about poverty in developing countries became more strategic, taking firmer shape in 1990 at the Army War College. It was absolutely clear by then that poverty is the source of enormous social turmoil and social turmoil often results in civil unrest and disturbance, with the potential for negative ramifications worldwide.
One of the things we believe in defense intelligence is that people must have an investment in an orderly society. Economic deprivation and hunger lead to lack of education and illiteracy, which lead to powerlessness and despair, which lead to victimization and social chaos. We know that when a country is poor, one of the first things to go is the education system. This means that not only do you have hungry people, you have people who are unable to think for themselves.
An open door appears for any radical leadership ready to take advantage of people who can then be told what to think rather than being taught how to think. Education is the huge protection that keeps individuals or groups from being bullied. Its prerequisite, however, is earning enough income to put food on the table and a roof over one's head. |
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