Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book.
John le CarreThe religious cant that will send American troops into battle is perhaps the most sickening aspect of this surreal war-to-be. Bush has an arm-lock on God. And God has very particular political opinions. God appointed America to save the world in any way that suits America. God appointed Israel to be the nexus of America's Middle Eastern policy, and anyone who wants to mess with that idea is a) anti-Semitic, b) anti-American, c) with the enemy, and d) a terrorist.
John le CarreIt is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts.
John le Carre