OCCUPY CHRISTMAS AND THEN GET OUT...

What a year!  Eurogedon and U.S. troops out of Iraq.  If that wasn't enough...well it was thanks...the discovery of a particle that travelled faster than the speed of light...maybe...the possibility that the Higgs Boson could actually be there...but neither is definitive yet.  I'm out here...the kids grown up...the wife well..the wife.  I'm past hope...but I keep hoping...what else is there to do?

Merry Christmas
Gray

THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES ...A CALL IN THE WILD

The project underway to reclaim the Mesopotamian Marshes in southern Iraq must be among the most important expressions of human optimism in history. These glorious wetlands destroyed by Saddam in the craziness of the 90s spurred on by the war on his own people and Iran are certainly deserving of our attention and care. They are an essential refuge for birds, fish, amphibians and people. They are a precious world resource. in time these wetlands will be among the greatest natural attractions for ecotourism in existence, a treasure for all of us and an incentive for stability among the Iraqis who are due for a break.

I implore you to join Nature Iraq

http://www.natureiraq.org/site/en/node/26

The Rise and Rise of the Military

Again. It's happening all over again. Everything is about dead soldiers. Soldiers who died protecting me. I heard it as a kid when there was fighting in Korea. I heard it when they asked me to go to Viet Nam. I heard it when they were beefing over the Falklands, Iraq...etc. etc. etc....I didn't believe it then and I don't believe it now. Support the side you believe in by all means, but keep out...troops on foreign soil...it's colonialism by any name...Millions to Haiti...Billions to kill a few religious zealots...doesn't add up to me