Trinkets and Bobbles

 

There are clearly different schools of thought and approach here in Camp.  There are those that work to have the Afghans reach a point of being able to sustain themselves, with a judicious applications of carrots and sticks.  The sticks being withholding funds when things get squirrelly and want to get them back on track.  Then there those who believe that success is making the Minister happy.  And happy means dangling anything shiny and new in front of them, and of course never taking money from them.  I have at least four bosses on any particular issue, and they all differ in their thoughts on carrots and sticks.   My former boss here said “You can’t be a good parent if on one hand you take away their cake, but give them ice cream instead”.   No truer words for this place.