- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
Back when I was getting my degree, I was taught the dirty little proverb "Anthropology is the handmaid of Imperialism."
From what we've seen here, this is what happens when Imperialism forgets her handmaid.
Of course, what happened here is that handmaid already told the queen that invading was a bad idea; if you were going to invade, don't burn the libraries and museums; and omigod, you just said "Crusade" in a speech Mr. POTUS? WTF? Do you have any idea what that means there?
Right about the point that Bush was snarling "Bring it on!" the handmaid was in the corner babbling "I told you... I told you so... No one listens to Cassandra... I told you so..."
And now the queen is calling for her handmaid to translate for her? Fine: "No, Your Majesty, those are guns, not rosepetals, and they're telling you to get your stupid ass out."
And the handmaid is being diplomatic with her translation. What the Iraqis are saying is far less polite.
