I generally don't like to blog about anything of importance because one I generally don't have anything smart to say about most topics, and two someone might take me seriously and try to use my thoughts in their decision making process. I do make exceptions and here is one of them (this is an even bigger oddity because I actually give a hyperlink to an article).
I was reading my news volley and I came across this article. To sum up it is basically highlighting what was, is and will be a series of conflicts in the Pakistan region.
A couple of thoughts entered my mind in no particular order:
Pakistan's long history of using guerrilla warfare groups in its national defense plan is finally coming back to haunt them. Pakistan's continuing use of such military tactics seems to be out of line for the type of country Pakistan is trying to project to the rest of the world.
The wisdom of negotiating with the Taliban is questionable. If one is to do so it must have carefully crafted guidelines or things could get out of hand real quick.
The Taliban has never been a group to accept peaceful conflict resolution as something worth striving for. Not to say that this is uncommon in the world, but that's just how they view things. Violence is a part of their history. Some may say the same things about the United States. I wouldn't though.
Despite what people may think problems like the ones that originated in Afghanistan aren't strictly regional. Like most deceases they spread.
The United States Economy is not the most concerning thing right now.
Well that's it nothing really new. Just seems so odd that this kind of thing is getting so little press or attention. Maybe it is the NBA and NHL playoffs. It might be the NFL draft. I have to admit I'm a little caught up in it myself.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Like You Didn't See it Coming
I bought a new trash can for my new room. I just noticed that over 75% of the trash in there is composed of empty potato chip bags. I know, I know that's horrible. I was doing so well with eating good things. I didn't stop eating good things, I just snack a lot. Besides these potato chips are amazing. They are from a Middle Eastern company called Tiffany. With such amazing flavors like salt or ketchup I just can't stop eating these "potato crisps". Even though this behavior is totally predictable from me this isn't the subject of this post. I know I suck at structure.
I've been catching up on my pointless fan based web news and I ran into some Wheel of Time news. The Wheel of Time ("WoT") is a novel series written by Robert Jordan. At one time I use to think the seires was a classic. Now I've concluded that it is just a very good series. Some of the books I love to read. Other I read because I've got to much invested and I'm finishing the series. Most of the books have parts I love to read and others where I'm just reading so I can get to back to the story line that I was reading two chapters ago. Don't get me wrong on the whole the WoT is a very good read. Anyways back to what I was talking about, news. It is old news but the author of the series Robert Jordan is dead. They hired another author to finish the series up based off of Robert Jordan's notes (which were pretty much amazing apparently). So the last book is to be released this November. But wait, the final book is going to be release in three parts because there is just to much to wrap up in one book. The fan sites I visited were outraged by the news. Really? Come on people, Robert Jordan couldn't wrap up a toy at a Macy's X-mas courtesy line. Of course it is going to take three books, I'm just surprised it could be wrapped up in three.
I'm actually sort of blah when it comes to getting resolution to the story lines. It isn't like the time where the DnD animated series got cut off with no ending. I think my greatest disappointment is that Robert Jordan will not be able to finish his side story of Matt and the Bald Hot Short Girl That Knows Kung Fu, ten years after the final battle. I would have like to have read about that.
I've been catching up on my pointless fan based web news and I ran into some Wheel of Time news. The Wheel of Time ("WoT") is a novel series written by Robert Jordan. At one time I use to think the seires was a classic. Now I've concluded that it is just a very good series. Some of the books I love to read. Other I read because I've got to much invested and I'm finishing the series. Most of the books have parts I love to read and others where I'm just reading so I can get to back to the story line that I was reading two chapters ago. Don't get me wrong on the whole the WoT is a very good read. Anyways back to what I was talking about, news. It is old news but the author of the series Robert Jordan is dead. They hired another author to finish the series up based off of Robert Jordan's notes (which were pretty much amazing apparently). So the last book is to be released this November. But wait, the final book is going to be release in three parts because there is just to much to wrap up in one book. The fan sites I visited were outraged by the news. Really? Come on people, Robert Jordan couldn't wrap up a toy at a Macy's X-mas courtesy line. Of course it is going to take three books, I'm just surprised it could be wrapped up in three.
I'm actually sort of blah when it comes to getting resolution to the story lines. It isn't like the time where the DnD animated series got cut off with no ending. I think my greatest disappointment is that Robert Jordan will not be able to finish his side story of Matt and the Bald Hot Short Girl That Knows Kung Fu, ten years after the final battle. I would have like to have read about that.
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