I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands. To keep my loneliness warm Two hands, protecting, Two hands, nourishing, Two hands preventing My soul from leaving me in anger.
the CIA preferred the most fanatic and cruel fighters they could mobilize. The end result was to "destroy a moderate regime
Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of a baby. To suffer is not enough. We must also be in touch with the wonders of life. They are within us and all around us, everywhere, any time.
In congressional testimony, Colby admitted the program had assassinated over 30,000 of these suspected agents. "I've defended [Phoenix] as a necessary element of the war," Colby said. so, [they should] either be captured, convinced to surrender, or in a fight, shot. " The well-known architect of many of the Agency's dirtiest tricks became more and more open about them. When appointed director, he revealed so much to Congress that some of his colleagues whispered that Colby must be a KGB asset.
Our obsessions with such things as money, consumerism, and professional sports have been revealed for what they are: unworthy of all the attention we devote to them. There is something valuable to learn here, but this reality nonetheless makes us quite uncomfortable. We do not like to think about death. We usually prefer to be distracted. Talk of vengeance and bomb them back to the stone age makes many of us uneasy, but naturally we want to strike back.