While Palast doesn't directly draw conclusions from all the coincidental connections, he provides all the evidence needed to draw your own; it's hard not to. When you look at the big arc, the conclusions speak for themselves. In spite of all the evidence, Palast provides an endnote mini-chapter that summarily leaves us with a note of optimism. His message: in spite of everything, all the outrages, screw-ups, abuses of power, etc., we still need to remember that the US is exceptional, there is no better nation and it is up to us, we the people, to do something about the threat that W. and his posses present to the American idea of itself.
© 2006, Lynne Glasner
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