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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • It is what happened after 9/11 that is the problem

    Certainly nothing can justify the senseless murder of thousands, but the problem is not what the US did prior to 9/11 (notwithstanding the support for the state terrorism practiced by Israel and South Africa, as Rev. Wright said in one of his sermons). The problem is Bush's policies after 9/11. which squandered the world's sympathy for the US and gave terrorists more recruits and causes!