Conta-me histórias daquilo que eu não sei

Bush a convert to nation building [e a NATO está lá e em outros sitios para isso]

"(...)They don't typically use the term, but the Bush administration has clearly embraced the idea of nation building with the fervor of a convert," said James Dobbins, special envoy in the Clinton administration to a string of failed states, from Somalia to Haiti, and Mr. Bush's first special envoy to Afghanistan after the 2001-02 military campaign.(...)

A sign that nation building has gone from pejorative to priority in recent times came at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing last month, when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended a $249 million administration budget proposal to fund 351 government positions devoted to classic nation-building tasks.(...)"