Doug's non-rhetorical WITBD?, as Re: Is ...

Max Sawicky sawicky at bellatlantic.net
Wed Oct 10 07:42:59 PDT 2001


Could be. I wouldn't know. It's hard not to imagine national apoplexy after another attack.

mbs

Max Sawicky wrote:


>mbs: I wouldn't bank on isolationism. It was a
>plausible approach before 911, but after being
>attacked few isolationists would fail to transform
>into raving internationalists of the unilateral
>variety.

A problem with this analysis is that New Yorkers seem less bellicose than USers elsewhere, and the victims' families seem less bent on violent revenge than do their most audible mourners.

Doug



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