May 4, 2011

An Ignominious End


Photo from the Situation Room: The President watching the Mission Live

Dr Vijay Prashad on Osama's Death by MixmasterE

History tells us loudly that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind (& the blind people think that they still see!). Osama is gone--now what? At the risk of sounding naive, can peace have a chance? His death can be a transformative moment, I think, to mark the beginning of the end of the bloody cycle of violence....We shall see. Dr Vijay Prashad offers some very thoughtful insights in this short interview worth pondering.


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