And through the haze of that campfire the legend grew and you can say that it was a little fraudulent, that somebody who'd started a lot more modestly than he let on, allowed the legend to grow. But the point is it was a legend that allowed him to do the things he could do and allowed him the oomph and the get up and go each morning to do what he did. And in that sense, it allowed him to walk on water. And, you know, there is no evidence that politically we are maturing sufficiently to begin to be able to handle these things. The good guys use humanitarians as their fig leaves, and the bad guys know they can always count on the humanitarians to come in and clean up their mess.
Relief incentivizes bad behavior as much as it incentivizes good behavior.
So, you've somehow got to use the right combinations of carrot and stick to save lives without subsidizing bad politics. And doing it is very, very difficult. Particularly when you have a series of major government players who are in and out of these problems, based on their own national interests, rather than some absolute humanitarian purpose. It's leadership, leadership, leadership, filling the room is what it's all about. And the other element to leadership is quality of judgment, calling these shots right.