kelley wrote:
>
> Rob Schaap forwarded:
> >[Emperor's Clothes]
> >How War and Globalization Support American BusinessŠ
> >As Billions Flow to Oil and Defense Companies
> >Bombing Of Baghdad Staves Off Financial Uncertainty
> <...>
>
> A local radio station was calling it "The Bombs of Baghdad Weekend"
> Was it similarly presented as one big joke elsewhere in the US?
I haven't read or listened to any of the accounts -- but if they take this tone I would compare it to the joking attitude tward the cute southern habit of lynching that characterized the NYT editorial page a century ago.
Carrol