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a short digest of news reported today:
1. we turn over power to a former baathist general who marches in his original uniform. just picture this after WWII in germany.
2. the photos of soldiers harrassing prisoners. hmm...this is going to define this war. vietnam had baby killers...this one...lady soldiers making fun of naked iraqis. man...i have a feeling this war was started for and by late nite comedians.
3. macedonia...police here staged a firefight and shot 12 pakistani illegal immigrants. these guys were not just shot by mistake...they were lured into a trap. Why?? well...they wanted to curry favor with Uncle Sam. I wonder whether Macedonia was mentioned by the president as one of his "allies".

Read this and u know why we are where we are. Folks, in this war we have lost their hearts and our minds.

Reading: Paris 1919, Guns of August. WWI books. Coincidence. But the first few pages of Guns of August scared the shit out of me. Reminded me of a few characters currently ruling certain parts of this crazy world. Paris 1919 is more like a textbook, but very detailed and nicely written.