The Washington post (and others) are carrying a PDF file that is a memo from the US Embassy in Baghdad dated June 6. In the memo, many of the things reported by River (baghdad burning) and others is repeated: ethnic cleansing, rival factions at all levels of government, sectarian tensions, one hour of electricity for […]
Every now and then I toss out what could be a political comment or (usually) sarcasm aimed at someone or other. It’s not that I’m hiding my opinions on weighty matters, it’s that they aren’t exactly fun things to write about and discuss. It occurs to me that just about everything I’ve been writing about […]
Part of my depression is that I keep things bottled up. I stew over things, I worry about things. Can I control them? Not always. Sometimes I just want to scream, or hit something, or worse. Things like this: Baghdad Burning: “Iraqis will never forgive this- never. It’s outrageous- it’s genocide and America, with the […]