Option 1 - Rule the place yourself - American colonial governors with the backing of the US military but the day to day run by locals working for him Problem with this? The Cathedral is terrified this territory would be better governed - Hong Kong vs socialist Britain
Very good analysis - the real problem was that there are two choices for dealing with the Middle East
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Option 2 - Have a local king who will control his subjects and punish him if he doesn't - he has something to lose so can be threatened The cathedral can't even get this one right since no one is in charge. Executing the King of Saudi Arabia after 9/11 was a simple step
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Why couldn't they do this? Because there's no unified command and lots of individuals get paid off by KSA Typical tragedy of the commons from having an unowned state
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