Gio - Ottobre 14, 2004

La scimmia dell'undici settembre


Tom Friedman spiega perché Kerry ha ragione quando dice che il terrorismo non deve essere l'unica preoccupazione dell'inquilino della Casa Bianca

Tom Friedman spiega perché Kerry ha ragione quando dice che il terrorismo non deve essere l'unica preoccupazione dell'inquilino della Casa Bianca. Ecco una lunghissima citazione (spero che l'articolo venga presto tradotto - dico a voi di "Repubblica" che avete i diritti - perché è davvero bellissimo)

If I have a choice, I prefer not to live the rest of my life with the difference between a good day and bad day being whether Homeland Security tells me it is "code red" or "code orange" outside. To get inside the Washington office of the International Monetary Fund the other day, I had to show my ID, wait for an escort and fill out a one-page form about myself and my visit. I told my host: "Look, I don't want a loan. I just want an interview." Somewhere along the way we've gone over the top and lost our balance. That's why Mr. Kerry was actually touching something many Americans are worried about - that this war on terrorism is transforming us and our society, when it was supposed to be about uprooting the terrorists and transforming their societies. The Bush team's responses to Mr. Kerry's musings are revealing because they go to the very heart of how much this administration has become addicted to 9/11. The president has exploited the terrorism issue for political ends - trying to make it into another wedge issue like abortion, guns or gay rights - to rally the Republican base and push his own political agenda. But it is precisely this exploitation of 9/11 that has gotten him and the country off-track, because it has not only created a wedge between Republicans and Democrats, it's also created a wedge between America and the rest of the world, between America and its own historical identity, and between the president and common sense. [...] I wish Mr. Kerry were better able to articulate how America is going to get its groove back. But the point he was raising about wanting to put terrorism back into perspective is correct. I want a president who can one day restore Sept. 11th to its rightful place on the calendar: as the day after Sept. 10th and before Sept. 12th. I do not want it to become a day that defines us. Because ultimately Sept. 11th is about them - the bad guys - not about us. We're about the Fourth of July.
New York Times

Posted: Ottobre 14, 2004 11:53   paferrobyday   Politica Usa   Email Comments

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