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I have been transcribing my little heart out today. 180min from crackly phone conversations in two days, verbatim. I have more work to be in on Monday than I could ever do.

I took a break and read some things, stupidly thinking that it would cheer me up.

The Pentagon has replaced the "war on terror" with "The Long War". The situation gets more Orwellian by the day, and few people seem to realise it, with even fewer prepared to make a noise. There's a sad, resigned inevitability to it all which is probably the worst part, even before you get to sentences like:

Listing a series of ongoing changes being made by the US military to meet “the new strategic environment,” the document includes the following: “From conducting war against nations—to conducting war in countries we are not at war with;” “From responding after a crisis starts (reactive)—to preventive actions so problems do not become crises (proactive);” “From static defense, garrison forces—to mobile, expeditionary operations;” and “From a battle-ready force (peace)—to battle-hardened forces (war).”

I'll repeat that in case you missed it. Conducting war in countries we're not at war with. I think everyone should be made to go out and rent Starship Troopers again and watch it not as a piece of satire, but an increasingly accurate social documentary. It actually makes me want to cry.

I am off to drink beer and laugh and talk of times past. Fuck work. I'll be drafted soon anyway.