Chilean playwright.
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U.S. - sole superpower |
"What has come to an explosive conclusion, of course,
is (North) America's famous exceptionalism, that attitude which
allowed the citizens of this country to imagine themselves as
beyond the sorrows and calamities that have plagued less fortunate
peoples around the world." Ariel
Dorfman October 4, 2001 |
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legality of
invasion |
"In the balance are not only the dead and mutilated of
Iraq (and who knows how many from the invading force), but the
very real possibility that such an act of pre-emptive,
world-destabilising aggression could spin out of control and
lead to other despots pre-emptively
arming themselves with all manner of apocalyptic weapons and,
perhaps, to Armageddon. Not to mention how such an action seems
destined to recruit even more fanatics for the terrorist groups
who are salivating at the prospect of a US invasion. Ariel
Dorfman February 25, 2003 |