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Uber-ironist Dave Eggers has outdone himself here. After picking it up three or four times since it arrived in the mail Friday, I really can't tell what I am reading. Is "Where to Invade Next" a parody of an actual government report referred to by Gen. Wesley Clark in the forward? Or is it the actual government report? There is a long list of sources, mostly of the neo-cons, bu then, at the end, there is a detailed list of editors and researchers. Are these members of the McSweeney staff?
The conclusion of the sections on all of the seven troublesome nations, is that our only solution is to invade them and destroy them.
Is McSweeney's advocating this, or is it advocating that all of life should be viewed ironically and cynically?
Either way, I fear, our geese are cooked.
Michael Moreau
Pasadena, California
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Michael Moreau, March 17, 2008
Uber-ironist Dave Eggers has outdone himself here. After picking it up three or four times since it arrived in the mail Friday, I really can't tell what I am reading. Is "Where to Invade Next" a parody of an actual government report referred to by Gen. Wesley Clark in the forward? Or is it the actual government report? There is a long list of sources, mostly of the neo-cons, bu then, at the end, there is a detailed list of editors and researchers. Are these members of the McSweeney staff?The conclusion of the sections on all of the seven troublesome nations, is that our only solution is to invade them and destroy them.
Is McSweeney's advocating this, or is it advocating that all of life should be viewed ironically and cynically?
Either way, I fear, our geese are cooked.
Michael Moreau
Pasadena, California
(11 of 19 readers found this comment helpful)