“The Bush administration has committed the country to a new, pseudo-religious doctrine of war, endless war — for "the war on terror" is nothing less than that.”

— Susan Sontag

Regarding the Torture of Others (2004)

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American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist 1933–2004

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