The conquering of the VIP lounge
A reader on "the Wallpaper*-ization of geo-politics," or "a glimpse into why war is (Conde) Nast-y, brutish and long":
"Denying reports that the US has control of Saddam International Airport, the Iraqi information minister suggested that they in fact only control the VIP lounge (this is really from Reuters, I am not making this up):
'In order to deceive you and deceive methey believe they can do sothey went to the VIP lounge to divert attention from their villains who were slaughtered on the ground.'
'They speak about buildings and walls instead of a VIP lounge. Instead of showing the tragedy of their soldiers, they speak about a loungedoes a lounge represent the dignity of a people?'" In Manhattan, yes.
