something is happening here but...*

i don't know what it is that makes americans think it's up to us to solve the world's troubles.

even when we cause a problem—as in iraq—we don't necessarily know how to fix it.

i'm thinking "you break it, you own it," of course. it's not true. not literally. what it really means is you break it, you pay for it, dig?

i think we're stuck in this stalemate partly because we've been so effectively programmed with so many great soundbites. like, every time anybody suggests pulling out of iraq, somebody yells "cut and run!" know what i mean?

let's try looking around. we're not here all alone, mr jones. the whole world is watching, the whole world has a stake in the outcome, and the whole world needs to take part in the discussion.

let's ask the UN to handle it. that's what we—or our "greatest generation," actually—created it for.

*see ballad of a thin man by bob dylan