Sent to provide a flanking cover that Rumsfeld considered unnecessary (leading to a 300 mile long column with NO lateral tank support, a condition that military scholars have called the greatest strategic error in decades — not knowing what was to follow), the two Marines were ordered to cross an irrigation channel.

Ordered, that is, to cross without the mandatory guide line, without the mandatory safety line, and — in contravention of standing military orders — in FULL BATTLEDRESS WITH WEAPONS AND PACKS.

They sank like a stone within a few steps, and the unit spent the rest of the day searching for their bodies downstream (in a warzone).

Have troops been WASTED? You goddamn skippy. And we know who to blame — it’s Don Rumsfeld, drug executive and military transformation artist, who transformed a great number of our best soldiers into goldfish food, wall paint, and future handicapped street vagrants. Oohrah!

Rumsfeld MUST be held accountable for his considerable number of lies and infamy. McCain is a COWARD for trying to rechew his food after vomiting the FACTS all over David Letterman.

**crickets chirping**

Note: written July 5, 1995

The human condition, on Earth at this time, is deliberately one of confusion. We will examine several situations that may help to clarify the issues at play.

First, humans desire security. The human condition is insecure. From birth, or particularly at birth, the human is acutely aware of its insecure position. Nude, tiny, unable to navigate, utterly dependent on others. The human infant wants to dominate those it is dependent upon. It is natural for the human to want to dominate its environment. The human wants to control the climate, the seasons. Homes are structured to provide summer warmth year round. Food is grown or at least provided as though harvest season were year round. Storms have no effect, nor do catastrophes have effect. There is social security, the umbrella of government aid. Floods and hurricanes are but another reason to open the government coffers. All this is evidence that the human wants to dominate its environment.

Second, the desire to dominate goes outside of inanimate factors. The human wants to dominate the other humans in its vicinity. Starting with the infant’s desire to dominate its mother, all her attention, and on to the stage of public opinion, the human desires to be the focus of attention. The infant wants its cry to bring immediate attention. The adult want its comments to bring rapt attention from others in the conversation group. No difference. Those who can command attention will get their needs met – so goes the logic. The infant displaced by a younger sibling is insecure, as it is no longer the focus of attention.

Third, love comes into play. Love, or empathy, is something felt at an early age. Empathy is not an emotion reserved for the intelligent, sentient being alone. Love and empathy are felt by all forms of life, even plant life, to some degree. It is a factor of life. It is intrinsic to life. Love and empathy pull the human into a conflict situation with its desire for security, to be the center of attention. Decisions are made to share the spotlight, to share resources. These decisions vary greatly, among humans. Some humans consider others on the same plane as the self. Other humans rarely, if ever, consider others, and never on the same plane as the self.

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