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...other words, the Afghan war that Arabs and Muslims are seeing and reading about isn't the one on ABC or in the pages of USA Today. Al-Jazeera reporters routinely say the U.S. is fighting a war on "what it calls terror." Most Americans saw scenes of joy in the streets of Kabul after the Taliban fled last month. But Dawn, the respected English-language newspaper in Pakistan, published an editorial that mentioned the discarded beards and burkas but dwelled more heavily on the "fury and vengeance" of Northern Alliance troops...
...September, Egypt's independent weekly al-Maydan reported, "Millions across the world shouted in joy: 'America has been hit!' This call expressed the sentiments of millions whom the American master had treated with tyranny, arrogance, bullying, conceit, deceit and bad taste...
...taste? That's one way to describe the offensive success of the Dollar People. Still, it is hard to think of anything in worse taste than "shouting in joy" at the news that religious lunatics have killed thousands of innocent people on a Tuesday morning...
...while McCartney is writing music with more soul than he has been able to muster for some time, Jagger, one of rock's most distinctive vocalists, is settling into a bland rut on Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin). From the anthemic Joy to the discolike Everybody Getting High, the music is generally as soft and slick as last month's pumpkin pie, with Jagger's long-suffering voice, which still has a lot of charm, blanketed in 21st century synthesized beats and airy piano lines supplied in part by au courant collaborators like Wyclef Jean. The strongest feeling it drives...
...effect. And Zak B. Stone ’03, as the hunchbacked assistant tormentor Wilfred, is captivating as the young maiden’s unwanted suitor. How he keeps the leer on his face, all the while doubled over and singing patter songs, is a mystery, but still a joy to watch...