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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
The Ten Mistakes
Anyone who cares about the situation we now find ourselves in should read Retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni's analysis of The Ten Mistakes We Made in Iraq. (Here's Another version that doesn't require registration.) This excellent analysis is a dispassioned view from the man who ran US Central Command from 1997 to 2000, and therefore I think he knows what he's talking about.
Maybe if we understood how we got ourselves into this mess, we can start the process of getting ourselves out of it. I keep telling myself that; I'm not convinced yet.
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Anyone who cares about the situation we now find ourselves in should read Retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni's analysis of The Ten Mistakes We Made in Iraq. (Here's Another version that doesn't require registration.) This excellent analysis is a dispassioned view from the man who ran US Central Command from 1997 to 2000, and therefore I think he knows what he's talking about.
Maybe if we understood how we got ourselves into this mess, we can start the process of getting ourselves out of it. I keep telling myself that; I'm not convinced yet.