Driving to work this morning, I was particularly upset at two stories, one about Mexico, the other about Iraq. Both illustrated almost perfectly some major faults in this country.
The Mexico story was one of a series about the effect of drugs on that country. It recounted the effect of the drug war on the media. Essentially, Mexico is in a very, very nasty civil war largely because of our war on drugs.
The Iraq story shows that we are simply substituting highly paid contractors for soldiers. There will be different bodies killed and wounded, but the costs will still be high and, at heart, unlikely to be affordable by us.
Fortunately, before I got to work, I saw a bike rider who was able to read a book while moving down to Vineyard Haven. He seemed at peace.
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