Sunday, April 11, 2004

Posted here Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 6:13:24 PM     The pressure seems to build both on the side of the Iraq uprising and the Bush determination to stay. Bush will try more power. Most commentators world wide say 1. gotta stay it out, to leave would lead to real chaos 2. the style has to be different. What I see is our educational limitaions. Young people who are "oiur soldiers", scared, primitive, feeling some liberty to be bullies. Running an empire requires sophistication, civilization, and social imagination all the way to the bottom. We don't have it, starting with the top. The many decent and courageous people, from near the top to the front lines, are obscured by the actions of thugism of way too many. The vast weaknesses of american society are in our face. There is so much work to do. This week watch Blair, the 911 commission, the US response in Iraq, the shifting media scene, and financial markets. ********