The Supergrass Is Singing: Doris Lessing On September 11 Versus The IRA
SAYS Doris Lessing in Spanish newspaper El Pais: “September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn’t that terrible.
“Some Americans will think I’m crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think. They’re a very naive people, or they pretend to be.”
And: “Do you know what people forget?” Well… “That the IRA attacked with bombs against our Government.”
Says Tim Blair: “MAYBE SHE THINKS ‘SEPTEMBER 11’ REFERS TO THE NUMBER KILLED.”
Indeed. Although:
“I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning,” she says. “Many of us hated Tony Blair, I think he has been a disaster for Britain and we have suffered him for many years. I said it when he was elected, ‘this man is a little showman who is going to cause us problems’ and he did.
“As for Bush, he’s a world calamity. Everyone is tired of this man. Either he is stupid or he is very clever, although you have to remember he is a member of a social class which has profited from wars.”
Nobel Prizes all round…
Posted: 24th, October 2007 | In: Reviews Comments (4) | TrackBack | Permalink
