phoebus

Hello Phoebus,

Hope the hair gel mutiny works out well.
I picked up a really cool book about a week ago. I had gone to the bookstore looking to buy "Greek Gods, Human Lives", but then I saw something else: "Greek Religion", by Walter Burkert.
I don't know how interested you are in the religious views of the Ancients...it is something I find very fascinating.
Evidently this book is considered a classic on the subject, with good reason too.

All right, take it easy

Adios

P.S.
I hope your New Year works out, and I pray you will avoid any and all "work related injuries".

I responded to a couple of your questions in the Abu Ghraib thread. I recommend Seymour Hersh's new book : Chain of Command.
I think it would intrigue you.

Watch out for the smokes - it's a fucker of a habit to kick once you're hooked.

Please add me to the group. Army, Jan 2000 - Jan 2004. (E-4)
Currently finishing B.A., then Army OCS, hopefully.

It sounds like your holiday season has been quite exciting. Good for you.

have you ever considered writing a real blog on geopolitics/military issues? you're an excellent writer with access and insights that the rest of us don't have. or would your current gig preclude doing that?

monday PM then.

I think the amount of things the game gets right far outweighs the areas in which it falls short.

Does nothing please you?! Seriously though, what would you put in lieu of the Λ and the helmet?

Army Veteran, served during Desert Storm (87-91).

hehe it is kinda hard to do a drooling sound huh? but you are right I frigging love japanese steakhouses.

I wanna play that game!
Anyone else think it's a little weird that Colin Farrell is playing Alexander the Great?

yaaaaaaaaa

31U stationed at Ft. Wainwright looking to join the sg military group. Need any more info?

Have you read Xenophon?

"Anabasis"...the march up-country....

An amazing work by a military historian (and friend of
Socrates) about a mercenary expidition he and 10,000
greeks took into the midsts of Persia....

Curiously enough, it is a story placed in what is now
Iraq.

Strange.

P.S.

Get a Loeb classics edition...it has Ancient Greek on the
left page, and an English translation on the right....

It also contains a description of all the gory details, strategic
decisions, and tactical moves they made.

I think you might like it...I did.

I'm not surprised to hear that you fell victim to "cold stares" but it's good to hear that it wasn't more than that. Your response reinforces something a "world traveller" friend of mine told me last week over the phone from Sicily last week: "most people, wherever you go the world over, and good at heart but still prone to prejudice."
I have a lot of Turkish friends, none of which are in any way racist to Kurds or Americans or anyone. As well as I have a handful of Muslim friends, all of which very much agree that 911 was nothing less than horrendous and are openly disgusted by it.
I haven't been to too many different countries, much less third world countries. I've visited Haiti and Jamaica, but both cater to US citizens in a way. As in, you can go to Haiti and have a good time provided you have a credit card and aren't a total asshole. And most people speak English. But I think that being a visitor in a country like Korea, or say Bangladesh, would be a totally different experience.
I have family from Bangladesh and my father visited there not too long ago. He had an extremely difficult time getting by on his own, what with all of the cultural barriers, but said that most everyone he met was surprisingly friendly and as helpful as possible.
It's good to hear that Korea's youth are acttively involved. I suppose it would be hard not to with Kim around. There's got to be a quicker way to get him out of there besides waiting for him to croak.

Taking this out of the thread -

My point was NOT that our military is full of evildoers. Not at all. Only that we need to remember that war is serious business, that suffering is real. Too many of us, myself and our President included, have no real experience with this kind of horror. I only ask that we remember more than just 9/11. I hate to see 9/11 used as a rallying cry for justice or revenge, when both ideals are never achievable. Solutions can be found, but we need to act rationally. Yes, I believe that war can be fought rationally.

[Edited on Sep 11, 2004 8:59PM]

Yeah, I kind of got that impression. I seem to recall agreeing with you on several points before, and at least being able to understand your position other times. I really do appreciate that there is such a wide variety of viewpoints here on SG. It means that one has to really understand their own opinions and be ready and able to back them up with facts, and I think that's always good. To that end, I think it's unfortunate that dkmfc isn't around anymore. I actually liked him because even though we had vastly different opinions on things, his opinions were still backed by facts, he just had different priorities, which I can respect.

Thanks for joining the group.

Γαμησαμε παλι χθες το βραδυ ετσι? Κεντρο του κοσμου ΚΑΝΟΝΙΚΑ!

well, glad to read some part of your adventure was enjoyable....And myself come back from ibiza and could tell you a few things about their work ethic, but i wont': they are actually very much into serving the customer !!!

next time you'll be expecting coming thru belgium, give us a call !


jimmmee

Im in the Army so let me in the group

just hoping the travels go well.

Hey, I forgot to say Happy Birthday. Hope you're having a blast over there.