Idiot Watch

By Jeffrey Goldberg
From the mailbox, in reference to my post on how to keep alive in a terrorized hotel:

How about not supporting governments that oppress their own people? The U.S. has a  history of supporting dictators, and then we wonder why Americans are a target abroad. For us to be really safe, we have to stop consorting with enemies.
Yes, that explains why the Lashkar-e-Toiba attacked the Taj in Mumbai, doesn't it?

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2008/12/idiot-watch/9140/