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Saturday, March 12, 2005

Fighting in the Gap

Among the most irritating themes that I hear about the war we are in is: this is a war for oil and it’s largely the fault of those selfish people who drive gas guzzling SUVs. Here is a fascinating article about the war, and why we are in it and what it means to us.

Read the whole thing. It’s long but thought provoking. Here is a great quote:

The knee-jerk reaction of many Americans to September 11 is to say, “Let’s get off our dependency on foreign oil, and then we won’t have to deal with those people.” The most naïve assumption underlying that dream is that reducing what little connectivity the Gap has with the Core will render it less dangerous to us over the long haul. Turning the Middle East into Central Africa will not build a better world for my kids. We cannot simply will those people away.

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