Is it an evil petting zoo?
Posted on September 8, 2003 @ 6:54 pm
An excerpt from the current lead story at CNN.com:
| “The American forces describe this area, less than five miles (7 kilometers) from the Pakistan border, as the most evil place in Afghanistan–the scene where they’ve suffered the most casualties.” |
The pull quote that’s currently up on CNN’s main page is even better, describing a “real cat-and-mouse game” in “an area described as the most evil in Afghanistan.”
Maybe I’ve just read a little too much postmodernist work on the discursive power of language, but I’ve been uncomfortable with the phrase “Axis of Evil” ever since I first heard President Bush utter it. But, honestly–evil geography? Casualties or not, that’s a bit of a stretch.
Posted by Jess | Filed Under In the News |
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