(This is a minority, of course, but they do seem to come from USA; and I
recall one then here who explained to me, as if to an idiot, at the time of
the invasion of Iraq (I think) that if your principles don't deliver the
expected return then you change your principles.... And there was the
gentleman who declared victory on the grounds that quote now a woman in
Kabul can fuck whom she wants and get a hamburger... But I digress)
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You know, I still think that if women in Afghanistan could fuck whom they
wanted, that would be a major component of victory. Even without
hamburgers. I was naive, in '03, to think that Bush would commit to
nation-building in Afghanistan, when he and his kind don't see the need for
it here. And Iraq, of course, was indefensible.
Otherwise: after ten years I'm out of here. No point. Andrew, all the
best. Max, I only responded to a few of your diary-poems but they have
humor and sweetness. Doug, despite the huge difference in what we value in
poetry, I could generally rely on you for a few thoughtful words, for which
I thank you.
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