Today at Starbucks, there was an elderly, stooped gentleman with a cane sort of wandering around after he had ordered his drink. Since I was standing right there I asked him if he needed help finding anything. He said he was just "nosing around," and that he would just "nose around as long as I can walk." Let us all talk advantage of our ability to walk independently, for it does not last forever.
I am reading George W. Bush's new book, "Decision Points." It is a page turner, as all the reviews said it would be. One interesting tidbit was in his chapter about Afghanistan. I have often heard his policy in Afghanistan criticized because the Afghan people usually kick out conquerors/occupiers. People say that Bush was stupid because he obviously didn't know about Afghanistan's history of repelling occupiers, and that's why the US should not have invaded. Whether we should have or not is beside the point. What Bush said in his book was early on he wanted to avoid a quagmire because Afghanistan's history was known by both he and his staff. He knew about that side of Afghan history before it was hip to know about that side of Afghan history.
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