Song Cry

Today is 11/11, Veteran's day. Since my last post America has followed through on what I felt was a logical choice by electing Barack Obama to be our next president. Hopes are up, and at the same time, the world continues the same. When I think about it, in many ways(which I will explore in a different post), War is like the film business, "the show must go on". 

And now it is 2008. The increasingly intense war in Afghanistan has been running for 7 years now. Somehow I keep forgetting I have to finish reading "Ghost Wars : The Secret History of the CIA in Afghanistan from September 1979 - September 10, 2001". It's like 800 pages long. The war in Iraq will reach it's 6th year a few short months in the beginning of 2009. Russia is puffing it's chest. Old soviet nations are taking sides and support between east & west. There are wars where the ideals & interests of a nation are fought for by men and women who represent neither side. But now we're going to have a President with a cool, calm, and collected demeanor. What will that mean as far as international relations? Will neo-cons fears of his 'niceness' being taken advantage of by rogue nations come true? Will he make amends with every world leader and give peace a chance successfully? Or will it all be much of the same? Change is a process, a slow movement, a few steps in a marathon. 

It's a long road. I'm listening to the Blueprint. 

I can't see 'em coming down my eyes

so I gotta make the song cry

peace

t