OK. My walk is done, the weather cooler than I would have chosen but it was barely T-shirt weather. Oh well, I could be in North Dakota! The litter boxes are clean and the cats fed. All is well at 808 W Wilshire.
Last week I was scanning the channels an came across a show with Ms. Amanpour. There she was on international TV interviewing... get this... Greg Mortensen! You may remember me writing of his book "Three Cups of Tea" about his program to build schools for young girls in remote mountain villages with the full support of the residents. Just prior to 9/11 he was winning the hearts and minds of the Afghan's we would later wish were our supporters. At a cost he was supporting through donations of friends, tens of thousands of $$, not millions. Anyway it was an excellent segment of TV followed by an interview with an American officer handing our candy (figuratively speaking) to the natives, a comparison that did not come off too well I'm afraid. UAVs just won't cut it unless we our goal is perpetual war.
Just the thought of perpetual war is proof that we're all on this flight together.
Dick
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