Monday, January 07, 2008

To weep, or scream?

Shall the

Strait of Hormuz

be like the

Gulf of Tonkin?

Dear God I hope not.
My sympathetic nervous system is aroused over this one.
Wish I believed in the efficacy of prayer.

I've only ever met one Iranian person, and she was ... delightful. The history of Iran goes back *5000* years--even longer than the history of Vietnam. The history of white people in North America goes back .. *500* years. We don't have a fucking clue. Wish there was some quick way to get one.

2 comments:

Megs said...

let go of america darling... you are benjamin, terran, part of our family, BA (nearly!!! Go YOU!), and america is just a strand in, a part of your story, and the world's

i love you
m

Benjamin Ady said...

Lovely megsie,

even if I *weren't* American, the prospect of and American invasion of Iran would be seriousquiolio freaky.

But I think you request an impossibility. ... even if I *wanted* to, the actual practicality of "letting go of America", from an emotional/psychological perspective, would probably be as difficult and involved as, say ... letting go of ...

I see a lack a simile. Oh well =)

I'm simileless. =p. At least I'm not both running for president and simileless. That would zetta suck.