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today he read a letter to his dad, telling him what things are like here since he's been there....we have a TV studio in school, so we broadcast/taped it this morning
the SADDEST part is what he said about 911 and the war in Iraq.
he conflated the two, every bit as inexorably as the chimpwimp did, and our PRINCIPAL introduced him with a maudlin paean to the tragedy that was every bit a smarmy, jingoistic, and distorted as anything you've heard from the junta
when the boy made a specific reference to Iraq being a major component of the WOT, being led by our courageous squatter, I made a huffing noise similar to the ones Gore made during the debates. I did it, I thought, consciously, sotto voce, but several heads turned my way in surprise, so I guess I wasn't quite as reserved as I'd thought I was. Couldn't help it though. I WANTED to scream at the top of my lungs: WHAT are you TALKING about? This coward is the reason your father is over there unecessarily; the reason over a THOUSAND of his compatriots have been needlessly killed, along with tens of thousands of Iraqis.....etc
course I'd be on a very long vacation had I done that
I would sure like to talk to that boy a few years from now, when he's had a chance to think for himself.
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