“The federal government was badly shocked after Sept. 11. The elites thought they had to get the American people focused on something else. And so we’re bombing the hell out of Afghanistan. I’m sorry to say this, but I think that’s what this whole war on terrorism is all about: It’s about maintaining urban property values. It is necessary to do whatever they can to keep people willing to pay exorbitant prices for a small apartment in Manhattan or San Francisco or Los Angeles.” – Harvard professor (who else?) John Stilgoe, San Francisco Chronicle, explaining why capturing Mullah Omar will push up property values in Marin County.
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