Some quotes from Jonathan Alter’s “Between the Lines” column in the 15 October issue of Newsweek. (Yes, I’m sure it’s on-line somewhere. Consider that an exercise for the reader.) The…
Some quotes from Jonathan Alter’s “Between the Lines” column in the 15 October issue of Newsweek. (Yes, I’m sure it’s on-line somewhere. Consider that an exercise for the reader.)
The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics.Talk about ironic: the same people always urging us to not blame the victim in rape cases are now saying Uncle Sam wore a short skirt and asked for it.We’ve tried turning the other cheek. After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing we held our fire and treated the attack as a law enforcement matter. The terrorists struck again anyway. This time the Munich analogy is right: appeasement is doomed. America Firsters grasped this point after Pearl Harbor and the isolationists ran off to enlist. So why can’t Blame America Firsters grasp it now? Al Qaeda was planning its attack at exactly the time the United States was offering a Mideast peace deal favorable to the Palestinians. Nothing from us would have satisfied the fanatics, and nothing ever will.27 view(s)
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