26-10-2008, 03:33 AM
It's late night for me, so I'll go short and sweet on this one.
I'm tempted to think of both OKC and TWA 800 as proschemata -- opportunities afforded an ostensibly clueless Clinton to do what Bush ultimately did (in the most passive sense) when he invaded Iraq in the wake of 9-11.
Clinton didn't take the bait. The ante was upped. The towers were downed.
A toast: I give you the war.
I too admire and respect Ms. Klein. But I'm not certain her deep politics shovel can penetrate bedrock. Hence the absence of OKC and, if I'm not mistaken, Dallas, Memphis, and Los Angeles from her magnum opus.
I'm tempted to think of both OKC and TWA 800 as proschemata -- opportunities afforded an ostensibly clueless Clinton to do what Bush ultimately did (in the most passive sense) when he invaded Iraq in the wake of 9-11.
Clinton didn't take the bait. The ante was upped. The towers were downed.
A toast: I give you the war.
I too admire and respect Ms. Klein. But I'm not certain her deep politics shovel can penetrate bedrock. Hence the absence of OKC and, if I'm not mistaken, Dallas, Memphis, and Los Angeles from her magnum opus.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene