“The other day I amazed a 20-something acquaintance by saying I was all for evil Bush's evil war of freedom, and when he finished making hex signs and stringing garlic around his neck, I explained why. I was six when the Islamicists in the Middle East got their asses kicked by Israel once, 12 when they did it again. 11 when they killed a bunch of Olympic athletes, 19 when they kept American hostages for a year, 22 when they blew up a bunch of Marines in their barracks, 23 when the Achille Lauro was hijacked, 27 when Lockerbie happened, 28 when they announced a new literary prize and Salman Rushdie was the first winner, 32 when the WTC was blown up once, 39 when it was blown up a second time for good. And I couldn't even begin to tell you how many presidential peace processes and promises of a new day in the Middle East I've seen.”
“Mike G,” a commenter on Jeff Jarvis’ blog (and a Democrat!), as quoted by Asparagirl at Yuppies of Zion. It’s all amidst a fascinating discussion of the attack in Spain and why, if Iraq had “no connection to terrorism,” terrorists would be willing to kill 200 civilians just because their government supported the Iraq war.
Posted by Stephen Silver at March 16, 2004 08:56 PM