THE EDUCATION OF JARVIS SLACKS

Think about it. As long as you want.

Think about it.  You wanted to get the craziest, most powerful job in the world.  You wanted it because you thought you could help people.  You wanted it because other people thought you would do a good job of it.  But, part of you wanted the job because you really wanted it, because it might be the best thing you could ever do and you have to try if it is within reach, right?  I mean, if you had the chance to be the President of the United States, wouldn’t you take it?  And, hey, wow, you get it!  You get the most powerful, the most respected, the most amazing job in the entire world! And the world loves you and the people you voted in love you and you are the first black President of the United States!  Yes!

And then there is the work.

Think about it.  You get the job and the guy before you that had the job made a few bad decisions and now there are wars all over the world.  One of the wars are slowly ending.  The other war is right in front of you.  You have two options.  Send in more troops or don’t.  If you send in more troops, some of them will die.  If you don’t send troops, then Afghanistan is gone, lost again in the shadow of past mistakes.  Afghan people will suffer and the enemy, who ever the hell they are, will become emboldened.  No matter what, there will be more graves.

No matter what.  There will be more graves. And they will be your fault.

There is no denying it.  No matter what.  The good or the bad.  Success or failure.  No matter what you decide, it will be all your fault.  Think about it.