Pynchon's foreward to 1984

[David Gentle]

> > America wants to invade Iraq.
> > America wants to occupy Iraq.
>
> Are you mad?  That's just what Europe (old? new?) is afraid we'll NOT do.
> They're afraid we'll not make it a US colony like our post-war Germany and
> Japan.  That's also what Bush wants to avoid.
>
> Try again,
No.
I'm not suggesting that America wants to occupy Iraq in perpituity, just until certain issues have
been dealt with. I'm not suggesting some scheme to start an empire. Running the US is difficult
enough without having to mess about with an empire.

David Gentle