Tom got this email:

OP-ED: Pentagon lacks concern ABOUT COPTER CASUALTIES, By THOMAS P.M. BARNETT, May 13, 2008

Dr. Barnett, I work with a few folks whose sons are serving over there and I sure would like serious efforts made to bring them in one piece knowing the intense pain their parents would feel if that wasn't the case. So thanks for speaking up!

Please keep up the good work - yes, I disagree with you on many things including Iran (I think we need to either soft-kill them through democratization efforts or if need be let Israel shock n' awe 'em already). But dammit the America I want after 9/11 is a Tony Blair - arguably the John Locke of our time - world that saw 9/11 as a millennial challenge and opportunity to shrink the evil in this world. In fact, I believe in that so much that I uploaded the clip of Tony Blair saying after 9/11 that "The Kladieoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon, they will
resettle again. Before they do, let us reorder this world around us" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03T_VwNni0. We simply cannot do that overspending on a Leviathan force and ignoring the fact there is a gap and we are going to have to deal with it comprehensively.

That said, please enjoy Vancouver! One day I will get my fantasy fulfilled and have you speak at Skagit Valley College's McIntyre Hall 2 hours to the south!

Now, Dr. Barnett, I'm going to retreat into the world of Leviathan fantasy and read the latest Dale Brown novel I paid for overnight shipping from Amazon :-). If only the defense budget was as big as Dale Brown's dreams.

Respectfully;