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Lileks: Six Years (The Bleat)
Six years.It seemed right away like it would be a big war, three to four years Afghanistan first, of course, then Iraq, then Iran. The idea that it would have stalled and ended up in diffuse oblique arguments about political timetables would have been immensely depressing. There was a model for this sort of thing, a template. Advance. But that requires cultural confidence, a loose agreement on the goals, the rationale, the nature of the enemy and the endgame. We dont have those things. Imagine telling someone six years ago Iran would be allowed, by default, to make nuclear weapons. They would wonder what the hell wed done with half a decade, plus change. What part of 25 years of Death to America didnt we get, exactly? . . . Heres the 9/11 film I put up last year. And heres a bigger version in mp4 format. (110MB.) It was done the week of the attack, so if nothing else it's an artifact of the impressions and emotions of the time. Not that they've changed. A 9/11 discussion is going on at buzz.mn., or so I hope; see you there. Posted by: Mike 2007-09-11 |
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