During my college days, back in the late 60's, a friend of mine put together a treatise on the theory that if we fed the Vietnamese, giving them all the food they needed, they would stop fighting. Full bellies would satisfy their most basic need and they would no longer have a reason to fight over a piece of land.
He was known as Tony Tuna and could always be found carrying around a sign at the anti-war protests and political events - a simple picture of a fish on a parachute. He also passed out buttons bearing the same design.
His message was "Drop tuna not bombs."
While his theory was quite simplistic, it was also brilliant.
Now I see, in a post at Agent 99's wonderful site, that the Japanese seem to have come to a similar conclusion.
And now, 5 years after I originally posted this I see the Spanish have a modified approach.
And now, 5 years after I originally posted this I see the Spanish have a modified approach.
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