Bush of Arabia
There is no such thing as political altruism. A nation cannot aid another nation without fighting a shared enemy or the promise of economic enslavement.
Mark dragged Arthur & me to see Lawrence of Arabia at The Aero last night. The movie stars Karl Rove as Mr. Dryden and parallels British involvement with Arabs in World War I to US involvement with Arabs now.
A few outstanding lines:
Reporter: “What, in your opinion, do these people hope to gain from this war?”
Lawrence: “They hope to gain their freedom.”
Reporter to Prince: “We Americans were once a colonial people. We naturally feel sympathetic to any people who struggle for their freedom.”
Lawrence: “Take English engineers and you take English government.”
Prince: “Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution.”
Lawrence: “So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people — greedy, barbarous, and cruel.”
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