Whoa! Has the Middle East completely imploded or what?! Most recently I read that Israel confirmed the rockets shot into Haifa were "made in Iran." I wonder if Hezbollah will come out and say the rockets they're getting pounded with were made in the U.S.A. It's so bizarre to me that I am watching this all unfold online and on t.v. I know it's nothing new. It just makes the violence seem remote and Hollywood-esque therefore not terribly real. War has become antiseptic. We've taken the human element out of it. It used to be that men would fight on battlefields face to face. You had to see the enemy and kill them. Now we have unmanned aircraft flying around with strike capabilities. I don't think it's violence in entertainment that's desensitizing. The American military does a fine job of keeping the conscience clean.
Last night I watched a little Charlie Rose and almost had an apocalyptic fit. Khalizad (the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq) was on first. I felt like I was watching an infomercial. The man was actually saying that businesses were investing in Iraq. Money money money was pouring in. I honestly found myself wondering if now was the time to buy that vacation home in lovely downtown Baghdad. Is this the same man who a month ago wrote that memo (pdf) spelling out just how awful things had gotten? Is this the same man who recently claimed that security in Baghdad has deteriorated? I understand that man has one of the worst jobs on the face of the planet right now, but c'mon.
The Good Fight: Why Liberals--and Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again
I just wanted to write out that title. Beinart was on later in the show. That title makes me giggle every time I hear it. It's just so...so...silly. ONLY LIBERALS is so definitive. It sounds so...so...REPUBLICAN and COCKY and DUMB. The Post gave it a pretty glowing review-huge surprise-but I don't think I can do it.
I believe I am going to go out and purchase a kiddie pool tonight. And a table and chairs for the side yard. The kiddie pool sounds like an excellent idea for a poor white trash gal like myself who lacks airconditioning during a heat wave. The table and chairs on the side yard also sound like an intelligent move as it may allow for much needed uninterrupted alone time for 2 people who really just want to chill out, play some Scrabble, and talk to each other.
Doesn't that sound fun?
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