Norman Mailer

Exeunt: lightning and thunder, shock and awe. Dust, ash, fog, fire, smoke, sand, blood, and a good deal of waste now move to the wings. The stage, however, remains occupied. The question posed at curtain-rise has not been answered. Why did we go to war?

The US wants world domination, but its people are heedless pleasure seekers. What's needed is a morality tale to scare them in the shopping malls. 9/11 came just in time.

There is a subtext to what the Bushites are doing as they prepare for war in Iraq.