Articles by Kurt Jacobsen

When an indisputable villain like Saddam Hussein or Milosevic or bin Laden turns up it is no wonder many lonely leftists rally round the flag even if they know very well that every popular notion is processed by the right to serve its own purpose. This sudden feeling of national unity is a giddy experience. Has it become habit forming?

Short of the Taliban graciously handing over Osama bin Laden and his rabble no imaginable act of appeasement can stay the hand of the US military. But pure retaliation will not suffice. Ample ploughshares must accompany the shiny high tech swords if the hatreds that steered the fatal airliners are to be stemmed rather than stoked.