America and its war with the invisible kingdom of Satan
The US wants world domination, but its people are heedless pleasure seekers. What was needed was a morality tale to scare them in the shopping malls, and for the Bush Administration, 9/11 came as a deliverance. The overriding myth was not merely the implacable danger of Islam, but its nearness to us...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Times (London, England : 1788) England : 1788), 2005-01, p.4-5 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The US wants world domination, but its people are heedless pleasure seekers. What was needed was a morality tale to scare them in the shopping malls, and for the Bush Administration, 9/11 came as a deliverance. The overriding myth was not merely the implacable danger of Islam, but its nearness to us. The myth of the frontier, which demanded a readiness to fight without limit, became part of our exceptionalism. "Do what it takes". (Quotes from original text) |
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| ISSN: | 0140-0460 |