Just to underscore how ludicrous the GOP candidates meme of 'rebuilding the military' is, the Gerald R Ford class of aircraft carriers has been under construction since 2005. The cost of design was 5 billion and original cost of the first was 5 billion. It is now at 9 billion with the first ship due to be commissioned in March. Another 9 are slated to be delivered every 5 years. Including helicopter carriers, the US has 19, France has 4, of the 13 countries that have them, 7 have only 1. We have 75 submarines. The first Ohio Class Replacement Submarine is scheduled to begin construction in 2021 and enter service in 2031. http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=united-states-of-america
Every time I contemplate the money we spend on war gear and operations, my thoughts are on what we could have built around the world. Hospitals, schools, water and sewage facilities, roads and infrastructure. Now our best use of the carriers would be safely transporting climate refugees to countries that will accept them.
I was there. Amazing energy in the crowd. Bernie was full of it too. Did not come across as an old man in the least. More like my Dad, who ran circles around everyone until at least 85.
The history of revolutions has been studied and we have the precursors common to all of them. Bernie's call for a political revolution at the polls in '16 is resonating very well. It will be fascinating to live in this moment of history.
Neshobe "I ask why your analysis fails to consider the fact that both these young men grew up in this country."
Tamerlan came to the US at age 17. While the last brain development is not completed until 25, a great deal of identity and world view is formed in the first 20 years.
Dzhokhar was 10 when he arrived. Young enough to integrate the way he was described. However ten years can be quite adequate for early childhood experience to be very much a part of identity. Both my daughter and I had a major change around that age and consider that first decade as having defined many of our preferences in life.
I am interested how many majors have been reported for Dzhokhar. His father thinks he is a second year medical student (possibly confused with US premed to med track), the WSJ reports nursing, the RA in his dorm reported marine biology, and an old high school friend thought it was engineering. I could understand the last being too long from contact to know for sure. Undergrads often change majors or talk seriously about it. Adds a little to the unsettled and very bright adolescent mind.
The other piece I think is worth considering as part of the puzzle is the report that Tamerlan married an American woman, although there is no registration in MA or CT where her parents live. She had converted to Islam and is reported as having influenced him to practice. Sometimes a mind seeking orientation finds more than one source that pushes in the same direction.
That the parents and aunt are convinced they know these young men from a long distance tempts me to point out that Eric and Dylan were living with parents who were completely unaware of their sons' hidden problems. I was very close to that situation. Among other things, my son was 18 and graduating from a nearby high school that year. He could have been a victim or a shooter as far as I was concerned.
I think very few parents escape some gasps when our mid twenties (or older) children admit to some of the adolescent capers they survived. Rebellion against parents at that age is more normal than none, and classically complicated by religious and/or ideological differences.
Just to underscore how ludicrous the GOP candidates meme of 'rebuilding the military' is, the Gerald R Ford class of aircraft carriers has been under construction since 2005. The cost of design was 5 billion and original cost of the first was 5 billion. It is now at 9 billion with the first ship due to be commissioned in March. Another 9 are slated to be delivered every 5 years. Including helicopter carriers, the US has 19, France has 4, of the 13 countries that have them, 7 have only 1. We have 75 submarines. The first Ohio Class Replacement Submarine is scheduled to begin construction in 2021 and enter service in 2031. http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=united-states-of-america
Every time I contemplate the money we spend on war gear and operations, my thoughts are on what we could have built around the world. Hospitals, schools, water and sewage facilities, roads and infrastructure. Now our best use of the carriers would be safely transporting climate refugees to countries that will accept them.
I was there. Amazing energy in the crowd. Bernie was full of it too. Did not come across as an old man in the least. More like my Dad, who ran circles around everyone until at least 85.
Bernie told us the idea to come to Denver was due to a fundraiser in LA that morning. The staff found a venue and sent out email invitations. In ten minutes the response told them to find a bigger venue. We over ran the gym 30 minutes before he was to speak. Also, the fundraiser was supposed to have been 30 people. It was 300. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/21/1395275/-Bernie-Sanders-the-progressive-leader-we-have-been-waiting-for-now-leading-a-political-revolution
The history of revolutions has been studied and we have the precursors common to all of them. Bernie's call for a political revolution at the polls in '16 is resonating very well. It will be fascinating to live in this moment of history.
Neshobe "I ask why your analysis fails to consider the fact that both these young men grew up in this country."
Tamerlan came to the US at age 17. While the last brain development is not completed until 25, a great deal of identity and world view is formed in the first 20 years.
Dzhokhar was 10 when he arrived. Young enough to integrate the way he was described. However ten years can be quite adequate for early childhood experience to be very much a part of identity. Both my daughter and I had a major change around that age and consider that first decade as having defined many of our preferences in life.
I am interested how many majors have been reported for Dzhokhar. His father thinks he is a second year medical student (possibly confused with US premed to med track), the WSJ reports nursing, the RA in his dorm reported marine biology, and an old high school friend thought it was engineering. I could understand the last being too long from contact to know for sure. Undergrads often change majors or talk seriously about it. Adds a little to the unsettled and very bright adolescent mind.
The other piece I think is worth considering as part of the puzzle is the report that Tamerlan married an American woman, although there is no registration in MA or CT where her parents live. She had converted to Islam and is reported as having influenced him to practice. Sometimes a mind seeking orientation finds more than one source that pushes in the same direction.
That the parents and aunt are convinced they know these young men from a long distance tempts me to point out that Eric and Dylan were living with parents who were completely unaware of their sons' hidden problems. I was very close to that situation. Among other things, my son was 18 and graduating from a nearby high school that year. He could have been a victim or a shooter as far as I was concerned.
I think very few parents escape some gasps when our mid twenties (or older) children admit to some of the adolescent capers they survived. Rebellion against parents at that age is more normal than none, and classically complicated by religious and/or ideological differences.