the james fallows piece at the atlantic is the most reasonable summation i've seen...
Posted by
x (aka dmuck)
Mar 26 '15, 14:53
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and i *love* the langewiesche piece he cites on the egypt air 990 crash. fallows even picks the right money quote :
"One of the world's really important divides lies between nations that react well to accidents and nations that do not. This is as true for a confined and technical event like the crash of a single flight as it is for political or military disasters. The first requirement is a matter of national will, and never a sure thing: it is the intention to get the story right, wherever the blame may lie. The second requirement follows immediately upon the first, and is probably easier to achieve: it is the need for people in the aftermath to maintain even tempers and open minds."
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