We cannot afford a giant enemy to the North, and we must not enter negotiations acting as if we think we could. We insist that our government seek a permanent solution through the use of well-known lobbyists such as Susan Davis and others. We must defend our nation while protecting our image. What baffles journalists is not rejection of their work but the banalities and vilifications to which some readers resort to trivialize or repudiate underlying truths. Given the truculence of my most vocal critics, it would be futile to parry, point by point, all of their assertions.
Outlandish insinuations are quite another matter.
On occasion, and with very great zest, I keep reminding the forgetful and the smug that the Emperor is naked, and I keep him exposed long enough for all to see. It's amazing how quickly and effectively public scrutiny will help expose threadbare individuals, ideologies, symbols and institutions. A preoccupation with truth and justice does not a Communist make. To this Holocaust survivor and later victim of Communist persecution, this characterization is especially odious. I'm not anti-American.