Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon

[Otto]

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From: "Malignd" <malignd at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon


> <<Sorry, Rob, but your examples are bad ones, where do
> you see the special GB-US relationship in any of
> these.>>
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you think is
> significant in citing a single, specific example as
> being as "important" as Blair's supporting the US
> position in Iraq.

I simply cannot remember something so grave as the recent US/UK vs.
France/Russia/Germany opposition in cross-Atlantic politics.

>
> Again, P wrote:
>
> <<"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 ....">>
>
> "Continuing" seems the word worth noting.
>
> As I posted earlier, "The post-war relationship has
> been one of continued and continual subservience."
>

Maybe he is more critical about the Nato, Korea, the Balkan-wars and the
first Gulf war than I am.

"Continuing" means up to the present day and what current event could better
demonstrate what is said by P. than Tony Blair's position in the Iraq-crisis
started by Pres. Bush in the summer of 2002.

"Continuing" is indeed worth noting, but in another context, it also means
to me that Blair's New Labour is in fact Thatcherism (didn't "she" had her
war too?) in new clothes.

I stay critical of leaders who think they have to prove the strength of the
their leadership by waging unnecessary wars.

Otto