porterlewis (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Dig this point in history. Rose represents the mood of the country. No one would call Charlie Rose a hawk, but in refuting Mailer, he recites the standard hawkish arguments of the time. This is what EVERYONE was doing. Mailer's prescience IS staggering. He is correct on almost every point concerning the impending War in Iraq. 2 months before shock and awe. Dig what he says about the Saddam-terrorist connection. Has it ever been summarized more clearly or completely?

bapyou (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Watch from 35 to 50 minutes discussing the impending Iraq war. Rose comes off as a deluded idiot with respect to the reasons for the war. Mailer allows Rose to discredit the idea that the war is being undertaken for oil.

bapyou (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

@26:26 "Who was not bored at one point or another in reading...Moby Dick, The Magic Mountain...because they are saying new things to us that are somewhat disturbing...and so there's a tendency to "turn off" if you read."All respect due to Mr. Mailer. What a pithy critic. What a mind.

sbl274 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Talk about prescient...

icantfindanamethis (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

charlie seems naive

ModernitySlays (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

seer!