In your circles it might considered insane to evaluate the Iraq War relying largely on information from DoD, VOA, CSIS, and the major media. Not so in mine. That’s OK by me.
I have attempted to be a good sport, reciting basic material from sophomore college courses, referencing famous experts on the process of science, and giving fairly long explanations of my analytical process.
I see nothing comparable from most of you, in detail or length. Again, that's OK by me, since I am confident that you are all reasonable and knowledgeable people – and that your analytical processes are least as good as mine.
But there I believe there is no way to resolve this kind of debate about the nature of knowledge. At this rate soon we’ll be debating how can we know if we’re disembodied brains in jar, and exchanging lines of dialog from the Matrix movies.
All I asked was for comments or challenges to the facts or logic in my little article. The first question was about the uniforms of the Peshmerga (an unusual but interesting start), and have gone off into the blue sky from there (amidst some challenging and relevant exchanges along the way).
Topic drift is a fact of life on the internet. I’ve done this as much as anyone over the years. However, in my opinion, this is drifting a bit far a field.
I am catching a plane soon and will be off-line until next weekend. Best wishes to all of your for a good week!
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