When there is a Home Depot turning a profit in Basra we will know we have turned a corner. Building is key. The inculcation of employability skills is what fast food and retail trade brings to developing areas. Hope the US Embassy is supporting an active and fiscally sound small business loan policy. Iraq is not the same as the places in Africa where micro-loans can transform communities but weaning people off the oil welfare culture is a big step forward. Now if we can get Americans to stop thinking of Uncle Sugar as the answer.