"It seems both public and press have forgotten the words of Donald Rumsfeld not long after the U.S. “triumphed” in Afghanistan, the words being among the most shameful in American history and certainly ranking with anything a dread figure like Reinhard Heydrich uttered. On what to do with the thousands of prisoners taken in the invasion, Rumsfeld publicly stated they should be killed or walled away forever."


"The gun dealer sold only Lee-Enfields, a turn-of-the-century single-action, British rifle of no use to militants but in popular demand by local farmers, who, lacking telephones, fired rifles in the air as a form of communication." --Rob*rt Kaplan, Th* 3nds of th* 3arth (1996)


"The Punta Rock phenomenon has hit us like a tsunami that came, caused a stir up and went away."


No plans, no thought of action.
Halcyon days and all things still to do.