Three years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, attacks in which they played no part, the people of Iraq have been liberated from one tyranny only to be remanded to another: continuous urban warfare, religious extremism and a contagion of fear.
Well worth a Salon day pass to read the whole thing...
"this is hell/this is hell/i am sorry to tell you/it never gets better or worse/but you'll get used to it/after a spell/'cause heaven is hell in reverse."
--elvis costello
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