Lileks Nails It
In today's Bleat:
It is helpful to remember that if 9/11 had never happened, and we had never invaded Iraq, these people would be bringing the same level of ire and outrage to the presence of irradiated beef on school menus. They are the squeaky wheels shrieking for grease.
Well, perhaps he overstates. But not by a whole lot.
He has other interesting observations about the divide in this country between people who want to win the war on terror and those who want to take away soldiers' cigarettes. I can say that, when I was a soldier, sometimes a cigarette was exactly what the doctor ordered. I mean, consider this, smokers: you know the times when you've lit a cigarette and it was just precisely what you needed right at that time? Add to the equation being bone tired, thousands of miles from home, cold and scared. Mmmm...I might start smoking again if I ever find myself in that situation again.