This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Monday, April 16, 2007 12:00 AM

Iraq: American public opinion vs. a "small but powerful group"

Glenn Greenwald

Read other letters about this article

  • Monday, April 16, 2007 05:46 AM

    What if it works

    I hate the 'what if it works' question.

    It's a hypothetical question meant to change the course of the argument. What if it works is a nasty curveball, whose only real answer is another question, "what if it doesn't", but it takes the argument to the level of a 10-year old.

    If someone asks 'what if it works', they are out of options in the debate. Chances are good, it's because they didn't really have any to begin with.

    It reminds me of the Christians who go to see a Richard Dawkins speech and then ask him, incredulously, "What if you're wrong?"

    —mattrhames Read mattrhames's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

530

Do Obama officials know what his Afghanistan plan is?

What explains the completely contradictory statements from key aides on a central plank of the war strategy?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
408

America's regression

It's almost impossible to find a nation with as many torture advocates as the U.S. has.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
332

Palin: Birthers have "fair question" about Obama

Of Obama birth, the ex-governor says, "the public is still, rightfully, making it an issue" (Updated)
Alex Koppelman Read article
128

Is my kids making me not smart?

Stay-at-home fatherhood dulls my intellect to a nub. Excuse me while I ponder the subtext of "Hippos Go Berserk"
By Aaron Traister Read article
126

Trig, the anti-abortion straw baby

Sarah Palin's son is being used to demonize pro-choicers
Tracy Clark-Flory Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon