Thursday, January 8, 2009

Iggy and "US Americans"

More important, credible and valid insight into the new leader of the failed Coalition with the NDP and the Separatist Bloc, "US Americans", Michael Ignatief.

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW; The Year of Living Dangerously
By MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
Published: March 14, 2004
New York Times Magazine

A year ago, I was a reluctant yet convinced supporter of the war in Iraq. A year later, the weapons of mass destruction haven't turned up, Iraqis are being
blown up on their way to the mosque, democracy is postponed till next year and my friends are all asking me if I have second thoughts. (...)

We thought we were arguing about Iraq, but what might be best for 25 million Iraqis didn't figure very much in the argument. As usual we were talking about ourselves: what America is and how to use its frightening power in the world. (...)

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