Wednesday, December 1, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
The Death of Linkage - Andrew Sullivan Sobs - '...The one thing we've learned from this [WikiLeaks] episode is that the Middle East still functions the way some of us always knew it did, which is to say, without a shred of "Linkage". Apparatchiks like Andrew Sullivan who spent the last two years making a case that another townhouse in Gilo or a Jewish family adding a second story to their home in Elkanah were destroying the chance for Mid-East peace... Well, it's kind of like in Jurassic Park, where the guy hides from the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Port-a-Potty, and the dinosaur knocks all four walls and roof down. That's where the "Linkage" pimps are now, crapping their pants and reaching for toilet paper, just as the jaws of reality close around their head...'
