Hunter S. Thompson, 12 September 2001: "Fear and Loathing in America"

[99th_Monkey]

2. My dear Hunter

Sad to say, nothing much has changed since you penned this in 2001. Thanks for speaking the naked truth while you had breath to do so.

I would only add to your thoughts this: an even more fundamental driving force underlying our perpetual "religious war" against Islamic terrorists is the nearly invisible hand of the Masters of War that Bobby sang about back in the day, the self-same "military-industrial complex" that Eisenhower warned us about.

But you knew all that, I know. bye for now. ~99th Monkey