Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Iraq War - six months at a time... forever

This Moveon.org video is brilliant:

Please watch it now.

Our consumer culture, I think, tends to emphasize short-term memory (through emphasis on short-term everything-- from profits to gratification to attention spans) at the expense of long-term memory (and profits and happiness and planning). It's the perfect petri dish for supporting endless war.