Mario Vargas Llosa gets the war on terror right...

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by Orson, Apr 5, 2004.

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  1. Orson

    Orson New Member

    In the Guardian (of all places)...

    "[T]oday's Madrid represents precisely the negation of the radical inhumanity of the obtuse, exclusive tribal spirit of fundamentalism, religious or political, which hates mixture, diversity and tolerance and, above all, liberty. This is the first European battle in a savage war that began exactly two [consecutive] years ago with the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York, and whose inroads will probably fill with blood and horror a good part of this new century. It is a war to the death, of course, and owing to the present fantastic development of the technology of destruction and the fanatic, suicidal zeal that inspires the international movement of terror, it is perhaps a trial even more difficult than those represented by fascism and communism for the culture of liberty.

    http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1177997,00.html
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    I think the US-led effort in Iraq ia about to get ugly.

    The pacification effort is too incomplete. As good as things have gone, the Iraqi people cannot be held hostage to the notorious Sunni-triangle and a few Shi-ite leaders martialing armed resistance in the face the largest troop rotation in US history since WWII.

    The stakes have been raised and the outcome will be uncertain untill a hand-off to Iraqi sovereignty occurs - it may not be June 30th.

    --Orson
     
  2. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

    Dang! I was trying to recall Llosa's name earlier today when reading Milotach.
     

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