Hurricane Camille…
After a six-year absence, cultural high priestess Camille Paglia returns to Salon.com with her insightful commentary that cuts quickly, cleanly, and efficiently to the chase. From her inaugural return column, here is her take and position on the mess in which we find ourselves:
I want American troops out now — not next year but tomorrow. Support of the troops means not subjecting them to an unsustainable and ultimately unwinnable mission, cooked up by armchair cowboys who see the world in simplistic cartoon terms (”good guys” vs. “bad guys”). The provincial philistines of the Bush administration blundered into the Mideast with little more than superficial knowledge of its tangled history and ancient culture. And they have colossally wasted American blood and treasure on a project that had only a tangential relation to the atrocity of 9/11.
No mealy mouthed beating around the Bush there. Following Camille as she conducts her own shock and awe mission should be as enlightening as it is entertaining.
Hat tip to Mick Brady over at Dancing in Tongues.
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I always like reading her witty and thoughtful analysis of anything from politics, to mores, to celebrities. I liked her last one so much that I wrote a comment there– something I almost never do for writers on her level.
Thank you, sir. Yep, she’s a doozy. Love that girl.