think there are three big questions that we have to ask ourselves. firstly, do we think that the taliban regime will respect human rights? we know they will declare the shariah law, there is no doubt about that at all. but will it be in the context of protecting human rights? secondly, will they find a way of enabling the governance institutions, which we helped develops over the last 20 years to function. will they allow democracy to function? and the third thing is, will they be responsible when it comes to assuring that afghanistan doesn t become a safe haven for international terrorism? we mustn t international terrorism ? we mustn t assume international terrorism? we mustn t assume that they will simply go back to the bad ways of the 90s. they may have learnt but we should not take anything for granted and we don t give them the benefit of the doubt. we just wait to see how they develop and then we engage appropriately.
at 120 countries across the world and we look at how their credit worthiness stacks up to my governance is a very important part of that governance is a very important part of that i governance is a very important part of that. i should underline that us governance institutions and politics compare governance institutions and politics compare with the rest of the world are still compare with the rest of the world are still very strong. we are only highlighting in this statement that among highlighting in this statement that among other things that governance in the among other things that governance in the us among other things that governance in the us is among other things that governance in the us is a bit weaker than the average in the us is a bit weaker than the average aaa country which is the small average aaa country which is the small group of countries with the very highest rating. you mentioned in our very highest rating. you mentioned in your report very hi
“Success is brought by continued labour and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.” – William Jennings Bryan US Secretary of State 1860 – 1925
The phrase “one step forward, two steps backwards” originates from an anecdote about a frog trying to scale a water well. The frog keeps trying to climb up the wall of the well, but for every two steps it climbs, it falls back by one step, making its progress arduous.
With time, the phrase evolved to a sarcastic ‘one step forward, two steps back…’, denoting a situation where an attempt to progress is followed by counterproductive endeavours negating progress made.
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