Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.
The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.
There's going to be no more compromise on issues where there should not be compromise. Enough with appeasement or apology and mollifying, all that. To hell with all that. I'm just going to fight my corner.
I know who I am, I know what I'm for, and I know what I'm willing to fight for.
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