Tom Clancy, Red Storm Rising

   Ok ok this is probably bad to admit, but dang, I'm really liking Red Storm Rising. I don't believe I've ever read a Tom Clancy book before. When he tries to inject, y'know, actual human feelings into things, it's kind of facepalmy, but...well...actually that isn't even true. He seems pretty good at representing anguish associated with combat deaths...but as for these two characters who fall in love...uh...pretty cringey, actually.
   Anyway.

*Patriot Games* Whining

Alright so I admitted that I not only read Red Storm Rising, but enjoyed the hell out of it. Despite Pete Mack's extensive list of Stuff I Ought To Read, I was jonesing for more RSR...so I started reading Patriot Games. I'd seen the movie, but whatever.
   Man, I am not liking this book at all. I'd normally have chucked it by now...but the RSR effect is strong...

Fetterman: Greenland Conversation is Reasonable

Boy, Fetterman has turned out to be a win for the country. He's a reasonable guy who doesn't hasn't acquired any of the D.C. diseases yet. God, we could have had "Dr. Oz" instead...

   Anyway, I don't know anything about this, really, but it does seem that the conversation about Greenland is worth having. I presume the deal won't work out--and, of course, any talk of taking it militarily is utterly insane--but let's have a discussion about legally acquiring it.

   For one thing, given our current deficit/debt situation, this doesn't seem like the right time.

   But maybe.

[Note: any half-assed opinion I have about this is probably based on the fact that the Russians take Greenland and use it as a bomber base in Red Storm Rising...]