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Aug. 6th, 2007 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somedaybitchMichael Yon, reporting from Iraq, writes on the state of things there in yesterday's NY Daily News.
and here's a bit from Roger Simon discussing how politics has become personal and how problematic that is. i don't agree with his belief that it might all be too late, because i personally think that's defeatist nonsense, not to mention self-fullfilling - which is part of the problem now, imho, in that, if people would stop going "woes! it's never going to change! we're doomed! the [insert side here] have taken over!" then people could actually remember to think clearly and work to solve the problems - but i certainly agree with what he posits is the source of the vehemence, especially since i've been a victim of it.
and here's a bit from Roger Simon discussing how politics has become personal and how problematic that is. i don't agree with his belief that it might all be too late, because i personally think that's defeatist nonsense, not to mention self-fullfilling - which is part of the problem now, imho, in that, if people would stop going "woes! it's never going to change! we're doomed! the [insert side here] have taken over!" then people could actually remember to think clearly and work to solve the problems - but i certainly agree with what he posits is the source of the vehemence, especially since i've been a victim of it.
