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Article: The cult of global warming.(CULTURE)
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- Sojourners Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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In Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip, whenever President George W. Bush (represented by the empty helmet of a Roman centurion) is pushed to explain his inexplicable policies, he answers every question by repeating, "9/11, 9/11, 9/11 ... It changed everything."
This is great satire because it is only a slight exaggeration of reality. The Bush administration did seize upon the brutal events of that one terrible day and make them the prism through which it views all of reality. From that point on, every day has been an episode of 24, and will be until further notice. From that viewpoint, the use of military force as a first resort makes sense--we are in an ...