Walter Kirn - Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at le...

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Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.

Walter Kirn

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Nichts ist weniger spannend als eine Bedrohung, die den Hersteller der Bedrohung mindestens genauso bedroht wie das Subjekt der Bedrohung. Der Kongress hat das noch nicht gelernt, aber Amerika hat es immer wieder gelernt.

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