Sinbad vs. the Mermaids

Sinbad vs. the Mermaids

The link above is to Thomas FRIEDMAN's column today in The New York Times. (Those of you who subscribe to the Times here in Southern Village can access the column without extra charge; for those who don't, unless you have signed up separately for Times Select, it will cost you a trip to a place that sells copies of the NYT to read this, or to pay something more to read it on line. I cannot post it here as it violates the law to do so.)

What FRIEDMAN describes are the different makeups - in terms of diversity - of the Iraqi Navy and the crew of the USS Chosin. He visited both in the last couple of weeks.

The question for Southern Village to ponder has nothing to do with the politics of Iraq or even the Bush Administration.

It has everything to do with diversity.

Does Southern Village look more like the Iraqi Navy or more like the crew of the Chosin? Please consider, at least........