GR evoking the Vietnam War?

[Dave Monroe]

You wouldn't even need Doug or Otto or Paul N. or me
in order to argue that Pynchon isn't alluding to,
making reference to, whatever, the WTC attack et al. 
Point being, again, it's hardly a stretch to see that
as a possibility.  Here's how it began, but ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0304&msg=78539&sort=date

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0304&msg=78541&sort=date

... folowed shortly by Terrance and Morris.  Rob, of
course, is rarely the first one out of the trenches. 
But even without Doug--and I thought briefely about
simply asking him NOT to comment just so I could see
who else'd rush out of the woodwork first--I have no
doubt that Robert in particular would have rushed in
with a premptive strike on any reading of the
"Foreword" as aluding/referring/whatever to current
events.  We're pretty damn predictable here.  I always
intened to seal predictions and take bets, maybe start
up a pool or somesuch, but ... 

--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> If y'all don't see what is so easy to see, w'all
> have ways to make it easier for y'all.

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