The TSA, the 95-Year-Old, and the Diaper
It has been reported that the woman did not have replacement. As to suggesting, as another respondent here has, that the woman's family should be blamed, I would suggest that those respondents reserve their pious judgements until THEY have had the experience of caring for an incontinent parent.
It is not the TSA's job to decide who should change someone else's diapers -- period.
I am retired now, but I travelled extensively in the past. And the prospect of being required to strip down and subject yourself to an intrusive groping by some perverted stranger suggests that there is ultimately no limit whatsoever as to the extent to which our government may intrude into our lives.
Perhaps we should pause and reflect on why we are doing all of this. A reasonable person would be hard pressed to suggest that these intrusions are consistent with our notions of liberty and freedom. And if we are willing to trash our freedom and dignity for the sake of "security" perhaps we should simply surrender to those who threaten us.
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Once we decide that *anyone* is safe from random checks, they are no longer random and can be exploited. Is it just coincidence that this story was accompanied by "Afghan Girl Tricked Into Carrying Bomb: Afghan authorities say insurgents tricked an eight-year-old girl into carrying a bomb, which detonated as she approached a police vehicle."? So, yes, I used to be outraged by such stories, but with some reflection I'm afraid I've become begrudgingly resigned.
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I called TSA to ask about their handwashing policy, and they said they are only required to change their gloves upon request and do not have to wash their hands in between pat-downs. If they are patting down incontinent people all day long without washing their hands from traveler to traveler, that is just gross.
As a nurse, I know changing gloves and antibacterial gel are inadequate in preventing the spread of many aggressive germs/pathogens.
I called the CDC (who ironically had a handwashing importance PSA playing on repeat while I was on hold) and told them TSA agents don't wash their hands in between pat-downs, and they said its not their job to do anything about it and to call the local public health department.
I called the public health department, and they told me they couldn't do anything about it either. Lovely goverment bureaucracies inhaling our tax dollars unable to function in a practical way...
Read the article CNN/TSA stands by officers after pat-down of elderly woman in Florida
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So let's review: TSA felt something "suspicious" in an adult diaper, and requested the diaper be removed because it was "wet and firm." Then the elderly woman's daughter starts crying because of the previous request, which prompted her own security check, even though the TSA itself caused the tears
And then TSA reviews the situation, and decides that everything was done according to policy. Wow. "Zero tolerance" is an idiotic policy, unless you're unwilling to hire employees capable of thinking for themselves. Oh wait... never mind.
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We'll have no more discussion about this. Everyone wants to be 100% safe, from everything, all the time. This is what you wanted, remember. Everyone is suspect, we can't be too careful, that 95 year-old cancer stricken woman, just a ruse. The next one, or the 6-year-old girl, might be the one. You never know.
Just wait until buying a ticket on an airline allows the TSA to come search your house before you can fly. Might as well, wouldn't that make us all safer.
I hate to say it, but we have asked for this, by not objecting to it much more so then we have. Thanks to all the "If you have nothing to hide..." people.
We now have neither Liberty, nor safety. If I was Benjamin Franklin, I'd be saying "I told you so." right about now.
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Here's Whitey! - Fugitive Mobster Nabbed in Sunny Santa Monica
My parents moved my siblings and I out of Boston in 1984 because of Bulger. We are Irish, and even the slight chance that any of us could end up victims of his complete control and destruction of whole communities was too much for my parents to risk.
Read All Souls by Michael Patrick McDonald, it along with Black Mass are the best books on Bulger's path of destruction and poverty. Too many lives were lost due to violence and drugs thanks to this awful man.
Read the article NEW YORK TIMES/Whitey Bulger is arrested in California
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As interesting as this significant arrest, this tells an even greater story about how a notorious fugitive can move into and live in an apartment building in a densely populated, diverse neighborhood unnoticed.
I live nearby his residence and the story really is that in the Los Angeles area, it's so segmented, diverse, and people are so self-absorbed that I can easily see how someone can exist here unnoticed. There is zero sense of community or interest in someone else’s welfare. In my building, my neighbors living here for many years have no idea who lives next door or across the way.
I'm from NYC and try to make an effort to get to know the neighbors, many of whom are resistant and just want to live unnoticed and uninvolved. Additionally, it’s also a neighborhood filled with celebrities, so the local custom is, “don’t bother,” them—it’s their home. Whitey made a shred choice of places to live and the FBI was fooled too because Los Angeles was one city they didn’t advertise in.
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In and around the bars in Southie, it was common--up until yesterday, one presumes--to say that Whitey was dead. Usually people who said that were thought to know otherwise.
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Our Father, Who Art in Heaven: YIPPEEE!!! I know my Dad and I KNOW he is dancing a jig! Sadly that would be in Cudworth Cemetery in Scituate, MA.
Dad passed in March 2008 and was a proud member of the Boston Police Department. Dad the Irish Guy from Southie was in Eastie for 22 years and when the Districts became Areas he was stationed at Area A in Government Center.
Long story longer, Whitey tortured the BPD LOOOONG before he made it to the FBI list. I am Catholic and I guess I should pray for Whitey's soul, but if I truly wished him to burn in hell, then I would have to pray for my soul for wishing him to burn in hell.
So, instead, I pray God graces Whitey with the forgiveness and understanding he blessed upon his victims, all the police officers, law enforcement agencies, etc. that he has tortured over the years.
I especially request God reciprocate upon Whitety Bulger nothing less than the pain his victims' and their respective families have endured over the years, including, but not limited to, the Boston Police Department and the FBI. Special thank you to the HEROIC LOS ANGELES AREA FBI. Amen. Done!
Read the article BOSTON GLOBE/Fugitive mobster Whitey Bulger arrested in Santa Monica
So many people knocking FBI on this, and trying to suggest conspiracy between the FBI & Mob. I think the truth of the matter is Whitey is very smart, crafty and planned methodically, well in advance of the 1995 racketeering charge (Hidden bank accounts, well documented fake identities) to go on the run.
He is no dummy, he took over the Winter Hill gang, ran pretty much all SOC (serious organized crime) within MA, all the while tangoing with the FBI. He is pretty much a criminal genius.
The FBI did a good job capturing him, and I am surprised they did. I think most people believed he was not in the US or dean and buried somewhere in Southie.
It will be interesting to see if he can implicate any others in past crimes though.
Read the article HUFFINGTON POST/Whitey Bulger Arrested: Infamous Mob Fugitive Caught In Santa Monica
Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns
If being an alpha male jerk disqualifies one from sitting in Congress, the Capitol should be empty.
I'm troubled that pecadilloes of Weiner's private life, which do not appear to have involved criminal conduct of any sort, are being used to drive a reasonably competent legislator out of office. Competence is rare, and worth overlooking other flaws.
Look at the list of misconduct committed by politicians who have remained in office, and this is clearly excessive punishment.
It doesn't mean that his behavior was right, but frankly that is the business of Mr. Weiner, his wife, and his apparently consensual sexting partners.
Read the article NEW YORK TIMES/Weiner tells friends he will step down
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Although I supported Rep. Weiner maintaining his position when this debacle first began, I supported his resignation when the last set of photos seemingly taken in the House gym surfaced.
Yes, there seems to be a double standard on which parties is forced out of office when scandals arise. Although there should be equity across the board, they all should learn to behave and cut out the illegal deals, not obeying laws and they should keep their hormones in line.
That being said, I have grown weary of women always being betrayed as victims. The porn actress nor any of the other women were victims of anything. They were consenting adults who willingly engaged in the noted behavior with someone else's husband and a member of the United States Congress.
And why does the news media keep coming up with these silly speculations? Weiner might run in an upcoming special election?? Really people?? Let's all simply stick to the facts and stop creating more hoopla. He did what he did, others have done worse and now he is gone And some nut will do the same of similar after him. End of story, this story at least.
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I am a bleeding-heart feminist and find his actions egregious. However, the
decision to resign rests on a total overreaction from the public and him. It
seems that many pundits and politicians are forgetting their own indiscretions
to focus and deride his. Can we PLEASE stop treating public figures ople like
piñatas when they make human, innocuous, and irrelevant mistakes?
Read the article NPR/Rep weiner to resign today
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He should of been honest once the allegations were brought against him. Americans are forgiving but not when lied to repeatedly.
Elliot Spitzer handles his sexual scandal with dignity. He did not lie, resigned, stayed out of politics for a few years and now people respect his opinion once again.
Wiener handled himself like a child. That is why I am happy he is resigning.
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The Pillorying of Anthony Weiner
I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, I'm furious with Congress for their epic
failures of leadership, and every further indignity of office just frustrates me
more, particularly when it takes attention away from the serious issues.
But
honestly, my first response to Weinergate was to laugh myself sick. I mean come
on, people in their underwear is funny! That's why your speech teacher tells you
to picture the audience in their skivvies, right? If some guy sent me a photo
like that, I would assume it was supposed to be a joke. Maybe I just have a
weird sense of humor, but stuff like that just seems silly and harmless. It's
like streaking or something, a lark, you know? It's not like he raped a maid or
had sex with an intern.
Heck, if there was a formal photo of Congress in
their underwear, I would probably buy it, you know? I mean if they are going to
rob us blind and destroy our future, shouldn't I have a laugh at their expense?
Maybe it would make them work harder for our respect, because at the moment
their pomposity and self righteousness is simply staggering, considering their
performance. Maybe it would bring them down to earth where they belong and check
their big, fat heads.
Weiner could be on to something!
Read the article NPR/Anthony Weiner's survival will take more than an apology
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I'm sad. I had a lot of respect for him. And it is possible that I will again.
But the lies are a problem, however embarrassing the truth might have been. And,
it really was awfully risky behavior for someone in a position of power to
engage in. So, judgement is a factor, too. Trust and judgement. If I were one of
his constituents, I would probably be calling for his resignation. I hope he
will come to accept the necessity of this in a graceful
manner.
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Expecting politicians, or anyone else, to be honest about embarrassing elements
of their personal life, is unrealistic. Everyone lies to keep humiliating things
hidden, particularly sexual things. Weiner's failure to immediately come clean
on this does not necessarily demonstrate a lack of general
trustworthiness.
A married man sending dirty texts and photos to a
variety of women, on the other hand....
Read the article WALL STREET JOURNAL/Should Rep. Anthony Weiner resign after sexting revelations?
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Well, I said the other day you get what you vote for. But nobody, no matter
which party, should have to put up with this. It wasn't the act so much, but how
he handled it. When a guy robs a gas station for $80.00, he goes to prison for
2-5 years. When a politician pulls some stunt with way higher ramifications,
it's against every single person he represents and then some. If we don't hold
these guys to higher standards, then what we get is our own fault.
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Anthony Weiner absolutely should NOT resign. Chris Lee should not have resigned.
John Edwards should fight the charges for all he's worth. Etc.
The sins these
men committed are not matters of national concern. They are, however, of concern
to their families, who must now struggle to achieve wholeness with the harsh
judgment of the nation focused upon them.
To drive them out of office gives the
snarling jackals of media the fodder they need to continue behaving like
medialoid (mainstream media infected by tabloid journalism). Indeed, each
instance we have seen, whether it involves a celebrity or a sports figure or a
politician, means more money for Rupert Murdoch's tabloid empire. The media
loves this excrement! They love rolling in garbage!
Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo,
said Tiger Woods' marital woes were a gold mine for Yahoo. Disgusting
behavior--by Carol Bartz, that is. If I could vote for Anthony Weiner, I would
do so--and I'm a Republican! I would vote for him in protest against medialoid
and the howling hyenas of journalism who thrust microphones in the faces of
mere men who are guilty of nothing more than feet of clay, for which they should
seek God's forgiveness as well as their wives, but not mine...or yours...or the
media's.
They owe us no explanation! The media is NOT the moral police of
society. Pfffftt! Far from it! And Andrew Breitbart is a despicable man for
thinking it was his place to expose Weiner, even if Weiner's behavior WITH
RESPECT TO HIS WIFE (and no one else) is deplorable. Stop judging others when
any one of us has our plate full judging ourselves. Just stop it. Let he who is
without sin cast the first stone.
Read the article WALL STREET JOURNAL/Should Rep. Anthony Weiner resign after sexting revelations
I'd really like to know how many journalists, pundits and activist types clucking with righteous condemnation of Weiner would be comfortable having that standard applied to them. I strongly suspect the number is very small. Ever since the advent of Internet commerce, pornography -- use of the Internet for sexual gratification, real or virtual -- has has been, and continues to be, a huge business. Millions upon millions of people at some point do what Weiner did. I know that's a shocking revelation that will cause many Good People to clutch their pearls in fragile Victorian horror, but it's nonetheless true. It's also true that marital infidelity is incredibly common.
Especially after reading one of the Salon articles about "Weiner's poignantly hilarious Facebook pages". They weren't hilarious--because the idea of taking someone's private interactions with other and holding them up for ridicule is obscene. Unlike most of the sex scandals we've seen over the past few years, Weiner's was legal, consensual, and it appears, from the photos he's sent, off the clock!
This is really the same mentality that used to destroy the careers of closeted gay people--and why gay people were forced to be in the closet to begin with.
Also, thanks for mentioning the fact that Spitzer imprisoned people for the acts he would still happily be pursuing today if he hadn't been caught. While it's clear that he was probably targeted, enjoying a service, but putting other people in jail for providing the same service, is an indication of a deep problem of ethics and why I don't trust that person's motives in any regard. Most human beings would balk at depriving another person of their liberty for what, in their own minds, is a perfectly allowable act.
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I found myself strongly agreeing with most of what Glenn wrote here, and yet, I also tended to agree with some of the dissenting comments saying that the Weiner Affair is, on some level, newsworthy and relevant to public life.
I don't think the issue can be boiled down to the simple calculus of "Weiner's behavior was both legal and, in the strictest sense, 'private,' therefore, we shouldn't care." The congressman's futile and senseless attempt to claim this was the result of "hackers" revealed deep trenches of both stupidity and disingenuousness we perhaps had not seen so clearly in Weiner before.
Stupidity and disingenuousness - especially when so drastically displayed - are both relevant faults by which to judge a public leader. No, they are not, in every iteration, the only relevant characteristics, and yes, his recent contrition mitigates them somewhat. Also, absolutely, his constituents may not care, and that is their special prerogative. Absent severe outcry from them and them specifically, he should not resign.
But I simply can't say no aspect of this imbroglio (aside from media and societal observations) is relevant or newsworthy. Believing that to be the case, I temper my agreement with Glenn and urge that folks not apply a similar moral superiority over people who care about this as the moral superiority of those who emphasize the supposed immorality of the underlying conduct (not the attempted cover up).
It also bears repeating that, to the extent one is disgusted by the media's fixation on this scandal, the news-consuming, water-cooler-gabbing public deserves a healthy portion of that disgust as well. And really - let's be quite honest with ourselves here - could it not be true that many of the same people expressing outrage at the attention lavished on this matter have been equally unable to turn their titillated gaze?
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It's interesting that you jump on the media for their unrestrained dabbling in people's private lives, but you seem to forget that the media didn't jump on this story until after a crotch-shot got posted on Twitter. That's not exactly private.
And now apparently he was having phone sex with his taxpayer-funded phone and office.
The man cracked down on registered sex offenders and helped pass a law which forced them to disclose more details of their online identity, yet here he is jumping into sexual relationships (and from at least one account of one girl, with surprising speed) with girls he doesn't know (whose ages he doesn't know).
But, because he didn't rise to the legitimizing sin of "hypocrisy" then nobody should be saying a thing about any of this. And let's be clear, when we say "hypocrisy" we don't actually mean that the person tried to pass a law making their actions illegal, or even spoke out against what they ended up doing, they simply were close enough to a "family values" candidate that we can make enough generalizations about their positions on things they never talked about to infer their hypocrisy. As if this vague form of hypocrisy, where you never actually used your position of authority to crack down on others who did what you did, is somehow more relevant than the character flaw of you being a liar and a cheat.
And really, in terms of chastising the press for probing into people's private lives goes, this simply isn't the right example. The man posted a picture of his boner on Twitter for god's sake.
If there were one politician who could handle this, it's Weiner. He was already attacked by his opponents for being an "anti-family" candidate back when he was a bachelor. It's not like he had far to fall on that front. He could have come out and said "yeah, I'm a horndog who likes women, end of story" . . . but he didn't. He lied. He made up fake stories about others committing felonies (those damn, dirty hackers) and he openly tossed out these lies in numerous interviews.
He's a broken asset. There are too many holes in the man now for him to ever puff himself up with righteous indignation about responsibility and accountability ever again, and that's what the man was good for -- calling others out on their wrongdoing.
Yeah, I'm upset about this situation. Despite his flaws, Weiner was one of the good guys . . . but the blame lies entirely with Weiner on this one. Not the press. Not the tabloids. Not the lower forms of journalism (Breitbart). This is entirely Weiner's fault.
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A US Congressman sending lewd pictures of himself, one totally nude with arousal, to strangers is called ‘between consenting adults?’ To unsuspecting females young enough to be his daughters? For about 3 years, probably, longer?
When elected to public office, that’s what it is, public, whether we like it or not. No, most could care less and don’t want to know what goes on in politicians’ bedrooms; however, something like this speaks so loudly, it’s hurting my ears.
“kick a sexually humiliated figure stripped of all importance.”
While I don’t agree someone with a sexual problem (it can be like any other problem), should be humiliated by the press, in this case, exposure was appropriate. As a US congressman, he is held to higher standards than the average person.
He should have realized he needed help long ago. If he is so intelligent and qualified for public office, why didn’t he?
His behavior says too much about his logic, wisdom, judgment, and morality, which do enter into his professional life.
Read the article SALON/The joys of repressed voyeuristic titillation
A New York Times Investigation: The Death of a Disabled Boy
How can this disgusting lack of care be the product of $1.4 million spent per patient annually? Who is profiting from this government subsidy, if these institutions are being staffed with poorly educated, workers with criminal records with salaries of $30,000 per year?
I do not know the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, but if default stance is to first attempt to cover up for incompetent staff like Andrew Morgese and Kate Bishop and then simply reassign them (rather than firing them) when confronted with evidence of their uselessness,
I would be the first to suggest cutting their budget and reassigning their funds to a more worthy part of the health care system that has had better success caring for people with developmental disabilities.
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This article made me feel sick. I thought this sort of thing only happened in (horror) movies. How is it that the guilty parties at all levels were not fired? What was the justification for keeping them on at any kind of state-financed institution? Why aren't they being prosecuted for abuse?
And as for the two comments seeming to chastise Jonathan's parents for not removing him earlier and keeping him at home, I would suggest that before judging, these two individuals try spending just 24 hours with a seriously autistic and mentally impaired child while trying to hold down a job --not to mention raise another child-- without any outside help
. Or would they seriously suggest that the solution be that the only couples who should have kids are those who can afford round-the-clock home care or exorbitant private facilities should any of their children be born with a difficult-to-care-for impairment???
It isn't the parents who are at fault here; it is a system that when hiring, apparently does so with an almost complete disregard for an individual's qualifications or compassion or humanity or aptness for the job. It's disgusting and I sincerely hope Mr. Hakim's article really does have a positive and, especially, lasting effect on an appalling situation.
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If I thought the public at large cared anything about the disabled and their care and treatment, I would say that these investigations will cause some change. I do not.
I attend school board meetings where parent after parent stand up and ask why money is being spent on "special education" at the expense of real students (sort of like "real americans". A school board president of our town said in a public meeting that if they start a class for autistic students then people with autistic children will move to our town and we don't want that. With 1 in 60 boys in NJ, they won't have to move here.
What does a parent or family wish for? Do you wish for a placement and expose your love one to this kind of abuse and criminal behavior. Some of the saddest comments I've ever heard is a parent hoping their child dies before the parent does. It's sentiment I fight very hard to keep away from my mind but it slips in. People struggle to support themselves or to save enough for old age.
With my young adult son with autism likely to outlive me by 40-50 years, how can I or anyone save enough to provide a safe private home for him after I die? With cuts in medicaid and social security, is it a wonder that many of these adults end up on the street or in jail or dead from violence? We live in a culture that preys upon the imperfect...some through active violence or mistreatment but the vast majority with denial and indifference and an unwillingness to have them in their communities.
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My older brother, who is autistic, cannot speak, and has difficulty controlling his behaviour and connecting actions to goals, lives in a group home in northern Virginia.
The funds for this group-home arrangement came from settlement of a law suit against the state of Virginia, after my brother was repeatedly, brutally beaten, over the course of a year, by lowly paid and unqualified employees at the Northern Virginia Training Center.
During that year all the joy went out of him. Unable to speak, he was unable to communicate, because we weren't insightful enough to infer from his tantrums and his running away from the Center that bad things might be happening there. He still suffers from the bad memories.
My heart goes out to the Careys and to the many unsung families like them. WHY DOES NONE OF THIS EVER CHANGE?
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A Day to Remember the Valiant
Memorial Day never really meant much to me than a holiday from work until I visited Arlington National Cemetery. At first it seemed like every other site in DC, tour buses, visitor center, souvenirs. But as I walked through the cemetery and rows and rows and acres upon acres of grave sites it got to me. All these people gave their life for this country. All had moms and dads, brothers and sisters, some with children of their own.
The sense of enormity, size, scope, some 300,000 grave sites changed my memorial days forever. Thank you to the only people truly deserving of the title Hero.
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I proudly wear the Gold Star Mother's ring that belonged to my Great-grandmother, who lost 2 sons in the war. I remember the name of every friend of mine, and those native sons I didn't know, who were lost in Vietnam. To Gold Star families everywhere, for the service and ultimate sacrifice by their loved ones, they will never be forgotten
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As we refocus on PFC Sandoval, I’m a DOD Civilian and a Retired Air Force member. I’ve been to Iraq and Afghanistan. I have seen young brave Marines, Airmen and Soldiers like PFC Sandoval. They grab their armor and go to work to fight tyranny and injustice all over the world.
They don’t ask for pity and they don’t need us to question why they had the metal make up to do that job. This is a profession that few can do. I know some knuckle head is going to say anyone can enlist. That might be true, but only the few brave ones do. God Speed PFC Sandoval, I salute you
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Its a good day to bring the troops home. I am a Viet Nam era veteran and the carnage here is a lot worse then that time and the deployments are longer and much harder on them and families.
I saw the Deputy commanding General of the Army on the Washington Journal this morning and he said that 85% of the Afghan are illiterate and can't count to ten etc so it makes it difficult in training to tell them to put 3 rounds etc in the magazine. No outside force has subdued Afghanistan since Alexander the Great which was 2300 years ago, Their Government is composed of loose network of Tribal chiefs, It was also announced today that the Prime Minister of Iraq wants our remaining troops to stay beyond the deadline.
It is time to bring our troops home. There has been too much dying and maiming and family sacrifices and losses. We will need to be there forever before they are educated enough and can do things on their own.
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There's a graveyard a couple of blocks away, relatively small and very old. It's decorated with both American flags and the Stars and Bars.
The American flags are on all manner of graves, old and new, but the Stars and Bars decorates only very old and very weathered headstones, really hard to read in general.
A lot of them are broken and sit in two or three pieces. But occasionally you find one that's readable, that tells a little story, however brief, about a man who fought for the Confederacy.
I don't know, I find myself drawn to those ones. I want to know who these men were, what it was like to fight against your own country. I don't revere them as one might revere a war hero but I am fascinated by them.
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