Pynchon's foreward to 1984

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on 2/17/03 12:32 AM, David Gentle at Gentle_Family at btinternet.com wrote:

>> To "stand by" your assertion is maybe noble, but is otherwise worthless.  Try
>> convincing others with something more than your convictions.
>> 
>> David Morris
> America wants to invade Iraq.
> America wants to occupy Iraq.
> The reasons given don't seem to stand up to much examination (though they
> obviously have inteligence
> that none of us have access to).
> So the reason must be something else.
> Maybe it's oil but America has plenty of oil.
> Maybe it's to draw attention away from political problems at home but it's
> creating a huge amount of
> political ill will.
> So maybe it's something else.
> What would anyone suggest?
> 
> David Gentle
> 
Damn. Ya got me. I still can't figure it out.

>They say the President's dead
>But no one can find his head
>It's been missing now for weeks

>But no one noticed it
>He had seemed so fit!
>And I'm sick of it.
>                   -Lou Reed