a scratch pad for half-formed thoughts by a liberal political junkie who's nobody special. ''Hard Heads, Soft Hearts'' is the title of a book by Princeton economist Alan Blinder, and tends to be a favorite motto of neoliberals, especially liberal economists. mobile email
Or if you could just pass this around. ANyway you can help. Send me good vibes, send me love—dear god, sending me love in a kind ask or fan mail—you don’t know how much that would help. I am fairly devastated emotionally and just need a mama kitty to lick my wounds and feed me warm milk.
I disagree with the assertion that troops have "died in vain". IMO, no human has the ability to determine who has lived and who has died in vain. The only thing Americans have to determine is whether 16 or 18 or 20 or 25 years of war will accomplish what 14 years of war have not. And I see no reason to believe that to be true.
