Phew, the heat from the pavement was unmitigated by even a wisp of breeze. I found myself thinking of shortened tempers under the weight of combat gear in the Iraqi summer. Degrees of suffering; to what point and with what consequence?
It is suggested that people are beginning to see these wars from different perspectives. How hard is it to change your mind about something so visceral as believing in the "rightness" of your nation's wars? What if someone you love is/was in the military?
Five early on in the hour, then four, back to five and down again to four with two, no three, more to round out the hour.
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