On Noam Scheiber's recommendation, I checked out Dexter Filkins' article about George Packer's new play "Betrayed" and it sounds like a fascinating piece of theater. I wasn't happy with Packer's complaints about stateside reactions to Iraq, but it's unquestionably true that actual events in Iraq feel very emotionally distant here in the Western Hemisphere and everything that helps break that distance down is important.
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Over There
15 Feb 2008 11:15 am
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Matt doesn't have to do that, when you will step up to the plate and do it for him!
Careful with the overstatement there, Matt.
"Everything that helps break that distance down" could include, say, AQI suicide bombings stateside.
Though, I guess, those would count as "important" ...
"...and everything that helps break down that distance is important."
Hey Matt! Buy a ticket to Mosul for your next vacation! You'll be amazed at how that will break down that distance.
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Heads in the Sand
Matt - What gives? There is no mention of your book, Head in the Sand, in this post.
Posted by avery | February 15, 2008 11:25 AM