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Yobaba is a 57 year old married woman from Portland, Oregon, USA.
"Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can." - Dalai Lama
Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being Lost...
Jun 22, 8:15pm    (1 review)  http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/t...
From the page: "A group of ignorant, immensely powerful and thus dangerous men in Washington, of whom Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary, was probably the worst, sought to exploit America's shock after 9/11 to pursue their own global agenda, on which taking out Saddam Hussein was tops."

I saw the interview of Ahmed Rashid on Charlie Rose a few nights ago and started reading Descent into Chaos the next day. Rashid is an articulate, extremely savvy guy, and we should take heed of what he is telling us. It is time we as Americans really start understanding what has been and is truly going on 'over there'.