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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 13, 2014, 01:25:44 pm ---Well, on to the next Duty Article, Dexter Filkins on Iraq (April 28).
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Gotta admit I'm actually glad I read the Filkins article. I had no idea of the shit that's been going on in Iraq since U.S. forces left. Not only did the U.S. lose that war, it seems we also lost the peace. :-\
Anyway, at lunch today I read the May 5 article about the guy who conveyed Boeing trade secrets to the Chinese, and I've started the article on the hunt for El Chapo the Sinaloa drug lord. I'm actually finding that article interesting.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 19, 2014, 02:11:25 pm ---I've started the article on the hunt for El Chapo the Sinaloa drug lord. I'm actually finding that article interesting.
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Finished it today. It was like an episode of N.C.I.S., only better! :D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 19, 2014, 02:11:25 pm ---Gotta admit I'm actually glad I read the Filkins article. I had no idea of the shit that's been going on in Iraq since U.S. forces left. Not only did the U.S. lose that war, it seems we also lost the peace. :-\
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Sigh. I guess I should read it, too. It sounds like something I should know about. It will definitely be in the line of duty, though.
--- Quote ---Anyway, at lunch today I read the May 5 article about the guy who conveyed Boeing trade secrets to the Chinese, and I've started the article on the hunt for El Chapo the Sinaloa drug lord. I'm actually finding that article interesting.
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These would be beyond the call of duty for me.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 21, 2014, 10:07:43 am ---Sigh. I guess I should read it, too. It sounds like something I should know about. It will definitely be in the line of duty, though.
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It might be useful to know what's going on over there.
--- Quote ---These would be beyond the call of duty for me.
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Unfortunately it might also be useful to know how the Chinese have been operating to steal trade secrets, some of which might impact U.S. defense. The El Chapo article reads like a good action story, with bits of humor thrown in (e.g., "el Chapo," the nickname for the head of a ruthless drug cartel, means "Shorty" ;D ).
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 21, 2014, 10:16:47 am ---It might be useful to know what's going on over there.
Unfortunately it might also be useful to know how the Chinese have been operating to steal trade secrets, some of which might impact U.S. defense.
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Actually, the latter wouldn't be useful for me. The former might help me, say, in my voting decisions. (It will help me realize that Republicans can be wrong and George W. Bush was not a great president. ;D)
Plus it's kind of intrinsically interesting to see what happens when a country is basically broken and then puts itself back together -- in a way not intended by the people who broke it. And it's always interesting to see how differently people think in different parts of the world.
But if I knew more about the Chinese and U.S. defense, I wouldn't even know what to do that information and it sounds really boring.
At some point you -- and by "you" I don't mean you specifically, Jeff; I just mean "one" -- just have to face the fact that there are only so many free hours in your life, only so many articles you can read, so you might as well skip the ones that sound overly dutiful.
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