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“I have in mind those men in Washington who have given a new life to the missionary impulse in American foreign relations: who believe that this nation, in this era, has received a threefold endowment that can transform the world. As they see it, that endowment is composed of, first, our unsurpassed military might; second, our clear technological supremacy; and third, our allegedly invincible benevolence (our “altruism,” our affluence, our lack of territorial aspirations). Together, it is argued, this threefold endowment provides us with the opportunity and the obligation to ease the nations of the earth toward modernization and stability: toward a fullfledged Pax Americana Technocratica. “ The Atlantic monthly whose former editor Michael Kelly was tragically killed yesterday. April 2003? – no, 35 years ago, April 1968. Then: “Who was the aggressor — and the “real enemy”? The Viet Cong? Hanoi? Peking? Moscow? International Communism? Or maybe “Asian Communism”?”…

“As a member of one family that survived a bomb, I can tell you from the bottom of my heart: Bombing will never be the solution. “ The interesting thing about the Washington Post article is that although it raises an issue that I believe in, it is completely illogical. The argument is that bombing people makes people angry and increases the risk of terrorism. This argument is being put by someone who survived an Al-Qaeda bomb, but instead of reacting angrily and being in favor of the war she is against bombing. However noble her intentions, she disproves her own argument in the very act of proposing it. Its an interesting conundrum for newspaper editors – a victim of terrorism is a more credible proponent of anti-war, much like anti-war Vietnam vets, but the argument, that bombing only creates anger and revenge can only be made by someone who…

“Former CIA director James Woolsey said Wednesday that the United States is engaged in World War IV, and that it could continue for years. “ Oh super, excuse me while I slit my wrists. In case you were wondering, World War III is already over. Don’t worry, the US won, you can come out from behind the sofa now. CNN.com – Ex-CIA director: U.S. faces ‘World War IV’ – Apr. 3, 2003