Reuters: Rice: U.S ready to help Egypt combat Gaza arms smuggling
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Title:US MUST LEAD & COOPERATE, NOT CRACK THE WHIP
Name:Arik Silverman
City: MilwaukeeState: WI
The problem is not only in Egypt, but in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and all points between.

Under Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, the US wasn`t treating countries in the area with respect and cooperation, but was issuing commands and cracking the whip. People who are whipped into working don`t work very well: their heart isn`t in it, and they choose every opportunity to make the task fail.

The US isn`t out front leading (who would follow anyway?), but is in back pushing and cracking the whip, and it is getting a typical response to whip-cracking.