I don't know if we have smart enough people here to win...
All,
I have to tell a VERY interesting story, that may have a disheartening effect on some of you; I know it did on me.
We were in the Weekly Joint Planning Commission where High-ranking military folks hash out problems with their Iraqi counter-parts (Who SELDOM show up). In this particular meeting, the Head of the meeting was absent so his Chief of Staff came in his stead (so HE was the head of the meeting). All I can say is that these people are VERY high in the Department of State. When one of the slides came up on the board, he asked, "what is that green, hashed area on the slide?" Now, it was green only by coincidence (for any color would have served the purpose of highlighting it), but its SHAPE was unmistakeable. You see, that Green (hashed) area on the map was THE Green Zone. This guy, who is the VERY high at the Department of State was unable to recognize THE Green Zone on a map, when it was the ONLY area highlighted... That is tantamount to Arnold seeing a map of America with California being highlighted and ASKING WHAT IT WAS...
It reminded me of a Mark Twain quote: "The Church is responsible for burning thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of Witches at the stake. Of course, now we know that there is no such thing as witches; I don't know wether to laugh or cry..." I, too, did not know whether to laugh or cry...
Hope you all are well.
(from the Heavily Fortified Green Zone, which I, and most of the people here, can identify on a map)
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