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D a v i d S i m p s o n lo t o f people claim ed that the w o rld changed on Septem ber 11, 2001. I was and still am one o f the doubters. 9/11 proved, m ost dram atically, an occasion fo r reit eration: yet an othe r w ar against Iraq to carry on w h ere the firs t one left off, and an early fo ra y in to Afghanistan firm e d up later by a second in flu x o f tro o p s w hich have always, under the name o f a coalition, been p re d o m in a n tly A m e rica n .T h e govern ing rhet oric put about by the politician s and an in itia lly co m p lia n t m edia invoked historical excep- tio n a lism to excuse and disguise historical continuity. The dead o f 9/11 were barely c o ld —th is is a metaphor, since m ost were vaporized o r reduced to tin y particles w ith o u t the im a g
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2011
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