Shorter Wojtek: Hot women waving rifles makes for hot copy. I agree. The
> American right has tried this angle, most recently with Sarah Palin, but
> like most reactionary stunts, it's a flaccid imitation of the leftist
> original.
>
But the RAF was also a flaccid imitation of something more original: Leila Khaled of the PFLP. Forty years after the hijackings, her youthful image remains an icon of struggle, far more so than any component of the RAF's legacy. (How much of a distinction should be drawn between hot women waving rifles and, say, Che is another question.)
http://www.worldproutassembly.org/images/leila-khaled.jpg
At this point in the conversation, I fully expect someone to point out some predecessor of Leila's. "What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun."
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
