Heavyweights on CSPAN
Finally we are starting to get real dialog in this country again, among what Kissinger calls "serious people". CSPAN has been broadcasting an event at the Kennedy Center On Government (believe the name is close anyway), and last night Brian Williams hosted a panel discussion with Sorenson, Valenti, Kissinger and Hague. You might not always agree with their views but the dialog was "serious" and lots of potent insights from players that were insiders during Vietnam and have plenty to say about why our current foreign adventures are misguided, or so seriously foobar'ed that our only hope is for a "graceful way out." Kind of sad that after > 2000 U.S. soldiers dead and perhaps an order of magnitude more Iraqis, that this is the best we can hope for; but there you have it.
Hague says we should have never given up the draft, and I agree. We have mostly the poor fighting and dying, and everyone else is taking a "free ride." Hague points out that things would be significantly different if it was the sons and daughters of the politicians and the powerful and influential that were paying the ultimate price! Hague has advocated this for a long time, for over forty years now, and when he says it, it has weight. Kissinger, Valenti and Sorenson also weighed in with powerful NO BS insights that were "refreshing" to say the least.
Thank goodness for CSPAN because the MSM is totally irrelevant, despite the fact that Brian Williams added value and did credible work, the MSM has been MIA for over 10 years, and to say that they have been co-opted is a gross understatement.
