Matt and I were talking about war this morning, and he was telling me about how WW1 and WW2 were necessary and how the current War on Terrorism was not. I said I just didn't understand the idea of war- I mean, I understand it in theory, I jsut don't get why it has to happen. I guess I jsut don't understand human nature. I live it, I just don't understand it.

So, I found it rather interesting when, while I was bored and just happened to find Cold Mountain to read, I found this little passage: "The wounded Federals moaned and keened and hummed between gritted teeth on the frozen field and some called out the names of loved ones.... The Federals were thick on the ground, lying all about in bloody heaps, bodies disassembled in every style the mind could imagine. A man walking next to Inman looked out upon the scene and said, If I had my way everything north of the Potomac would resemble that right down to the last particular. Inman's only thought looking on the enemy was, Go home."

I understand Inman completely in that one moment. I just don't understand the basics os human nature, and so I don't understand war. I listened to the Presidential Address the other night and it made me proud to have a President who would admit his mistakes, and who confronted thm head-on. I know some (Okay, so like... All of you minus Beth -at least we're together, right Bethy?) who read this will condemn me, but I really believe that he's doing the best he can. Just like everyone else.