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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: August 21, 2006 |
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Ben Stein writes a remarkable piece in the Business section of The New York Times:
And that?s the essence. The other side considers it a privilege to fight and die for its beliefs. Those on the other side cannot wait to line up to blow themselves up for their vision of heaven. On our side, it?s: ?Let the other poor sap do it. I?ve got to make money.? How can we fight this fight with the brightest and best educated rushing off and working night and day to do private equity deals and derivatives trading? How can we fight this fight with the ruling class absent by its own sweet leave?
I keep thinking, again, that if Israel, with its back to the sea, cannot muster the will to fight in a big way, then the fat, faraway U.S.A. will never be able to do it. I keep saying this and it terrifies me.
We?re in a war with people who want to kill us all and wreck our civilization. They?re taking it very seriously. We, on the other hand, are worrying about leveraged buyouts and special dividends and how much junk debt the newly formed private entity can support before we sell it to the ultimate sucker, the public shareholder.
We?re worrying whether Hollywood will forgive Mel Gibson and what the next move is for big homes in East Hampton. We?re rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The terrorists are the iceberg.
Read the full piece
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