Enjoyed, quick read. Probably won't stick with me very strongly. I wonder how someone who does not already accept that other people in the world have reasons to be angry at the US would react to this story. 9/11 was horrifying, but morally speaking I don't think it's that different from the CIA remote bombing a wedding in FATA. Group A has decided that Group B is the enemy, and must be attacked violently. Group A knows that civilians will be killed in the attack. Group A has decided that killing people who are minding their own goddamn business is okay. Group A is morally repugnant.
My guess is that many Americans, including some I know personally, would want to punch me for even raising that possibility. And most Pakistanis would nod.
Interesting to have read two books in such quick succession written in the second person (the other being, of course, Gilead).
My guess is that many Americans, including some I know personally, would want to punch me for even raising that possibility. And most Pakistanis would nod.
Interesting to have read two books in such quick succession written in the second person (the other being, of course, Gilead).
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