I sent off a couple of letters that may get me involved in an interesting conversation. I'll write something, or post the letters and responses-with permission- if anything comes of them.
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Listened to NPR this morning, and to interviews of the families of soldiers in Iraq, who were questioned on their response to the capture of Saddam. Treated as experts, they responded as if they knew what they were talking about, while making comments based on ignorance and wishful thinking.
This was not democracy, but a mockery of it.