Dateline: above the garage, slumped in my chair, Portsmouth RI, 15 December 2004
I am deeply impressed with this year's version of the flu. I haven't been able to stand up straight all day.
Here's a nice email that got me through the afternoon (along with the Amazon ranking being back in the low hundreds!):
Dear Mr. Barnett
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the virtual
revolutionary paradigm you've discovered. I'm currently a Junior in college in
the Intelligence Studies major, and I have to say you probably saved me from a
really nasty burnout 30 years from now. The casual lack of concern for the
proverbial other has seemingly been a cornerstone of "realistic" foreign policy
and strategy. I thank you for bringing enlightened self interest and a sense of
morality back into the picture in a rational and viable strategy. Believe me
your not just influencing young officers, but young intelligence profesionals
(usually an oxymoron I know) as well. Im trying to start a small campaign to
get your book in as required reading anywhere I can force someone to cram it in.
Thanks again and keep up the good work! [D.F.]
I'd give his full name but I don't like to do that with people without asking--especially future intell people!
Of course, Mr. D.F. could just be some Chinese spy trying to get me to keep writing nice things about China . . ..
Hmmm.
Time for more Alka Seltzer Plus.
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