Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Another quote from The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies by a guy who's observations are a bit more worth paying attention to than Mr. Findley's:
"[W]e suffer for our lack of clarity in this war. Unwilling to call our enemies fascists, afraid to condemn the brutal aspects of Iraqi and Arab culture, we have allowed the narrative to slip out of our control. Truth is made, not found, in Iraq. Gradually, in the war of ideas, the US became the evil occupier, opposing the legitimate wishes of an indigenous 'resistance.'"
(12/01/2004) Steven Vincent, Independent Journalist
(12/01/2004) Steven Vincent, Independent Journalist
Which reminded me of this quote from Vincent (in reaction to my review of his book), from a private email that no longer has any reason to stay private:
...I particularly appreciated the excerpts you chose from the book. Not many people seem to have noted my unironic use of the word "evil"--I was wondering if maybe readers thought I was using the word only for effect, or as a general metaphor. But no, as you noted, I meant it. Evil. I note you have the image of the WTC on your site. I don't know where you live, of course, but I'm glad people have not forgotten what happened that day...
