Lileks is on the case. Here’s a sample:
September Eleventh was the bright red gash that separated the Now from the La-la Then, and we’ve been living in the hot spiky Now ever since. I am interested in the Now and the What Next.
He agrees with me. There are better things to do.
Meanwhile Donald Sensing has an excellent post on the same issue.
The “it was a diversion” side wants to do nothing, really, except kill alligators, as long as they appear. The other side says that killing alligators must be done, but it’s urgent to remove the gators’ nesting places unless you want to fight alligators down to the fortieth generation.
As they say, read it all.