Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon

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>>>> "The grouping of Britain and the United States into
>>>> a single bloc, as prophecy, has turned out to be
>>>> dead-on, foreseeing Britain's resistance to
>>>> integration with the Eurasian landmass as well as her
>>>> continuing subservience to Yank interests ...."
>>>> (p. xv)
>>>> 
>>>> What, if not Tony Blair's policy as the latest example
>>>> of this "subservience" could be meant here?
>> 
>> on 21/5/03 12:29 AM, Malignd wrote:
>> 
>>> This could have been written with no less coherence
>>> during the Reagan and Thatcher period or at virtually
>>> any other time since the end of WWII.
>> 
>> Precisely. In fact, the "resistance" bit describes Britain since the
>> beginning of recorded history, and the "subservience" bit applies since
>> about 1944 at least).
>> 

on 21/5/03 3:28 PM, Otto wrote:

> 
> Only one example of this "subservience" from the last 25 years please that
> has the importance of Blair's decision to follow Bush, whether right or
> wrong.
> 

Sure. Here's three from the last 12 years:

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/gulf/index.html

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Bosnia/index.html

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Kosovo/index.html


But probably more significant for what Pynchon's talking about, and
certainly more "important" than the recent overthrow of Saddam's regime in
Iraq, note:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ma/MarshalPl.html

http://www.nato.int/docu/facts/2000/what-is.htm

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/korea/index.html

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