A Home Run For Bill Moyers

[Lobowolf]

It's true that our non-response to the 1993 WTC attack was less expensive...certainly, at least, for the first 8 1/2 years.

[Winstonm]

It's true that our non-response to the 1993 WTC attack was less expensive...certainly, at least, for the first 8 1/2 years.

We were too busy bombing Yugoslavia (via NATO) in 1993

to worry about capturing terrorists.

[y66]

I enjoyed the discussion with Bill Moyers.

 

Bacevich is a knowledgeable, thoughtful, passionate speaker and he definitely has something to say about the seriously flawed thought process underlying our national security policy and foreign policy.

 

I like this guy. Will make time to read some of his stuff.

 

He doesn't talk about the loss of his son in our "utterly unnecessary" war in Iraq. How do you keep from being consumed by that? I hope I never have to figure that out.

[PassedOut]

He doesn't talk about the loss of his son in our "utterly unnecessary" war in Iraq. How do you keep from being consumed by that? I hope I never have to figure that out.

Me too. It's a terrible thing to lose a child in any situation.

 

My mother's brother was killed in WWII, and even though his parents strongly supported the war (they were furious that Norway was an occupied country), his loss was devastating. In his last letter to them, he wrote, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas." Each Christmas after that, my grandparents would request that very song (music was a huge part of our lives) and would listen with tears streaming down.

 

Later I worked with an older man whose eldest son was killed in Vietnam. After a couple of years we had developed into a strong team and were in Florida on business.

 

After a few drinks one evening, he told me that his feelings of guilt over his son's death were always with him: His son had been reluctant to go, but my colleague had insisted that it was his son's duty to fight. Later he understood how wrong he had been, but his son was gone.

 

Perhaps speaking out effectively now is what allows Bacevich to cope with his pain.

[Winstonm]

I enjoyed the discussion with Bill Moyers.

 

Bacevich is a knowledgeable, thoughtful, passionate speaker and he definitely has something to say about the seriously flawed thought process underlying our national security policy and foreign policy.

 

I like this guy. Will make time to read some of his stuff.

 

He doesn't talk about the loss of his son in our "utterly unnecessary" war in Iraq. How do you keep from being consumed by that?  I hope I never have to figure that out.

I was struck, too, by how thoughtful and well-spoken was Bacevich, which to me gave even more credece to the thoughts he expressed.