Hello Syria, Hackernews is calling and wondering what the problem is? Oh oh, ring Russia 1993 to 1999 you say? It&#x27;s hard to hear you because somebody has stolen most of the copper and shot the telecoms engineers. Russia in 1999 says that a random kelptocracy is so bloody dreadful that they&#x27;d like to go back to a soviet style strong man instead. Hmm I&#x27;ll ask Somalia 1991 to present; how&#x27;s it going there? Better than last year? Well, is that because some semblance of a civil administration has been established? People can sell goats in a market without shooting people with AK-47&#x27;s - sounds like a breakthrough to me.