themselves. they have to decide the future of the country. they have to decide the future depends on them and not a cross purposes. that says the united states can affect these regions or the future. the question is not whether we can affect them. i think we can. the question is whether what we do can truly be dispositive in shaping their future. i think it s our police chief th belief that it s up to the people. we can help. we can push. we can prod. we can support, but it s not up to us. it comes back to this basic proposition that most of these problems are not about us. by definition, there s not some simple solution that is within