I was flipping satellite channels tonight, and I ran across the supposedly classic “The Day The Earth Stood Still.” I’m kind of appalled that this was some of the best that the fifties had to offer for SF, because it seemed pretty schlocky to me, but that’s from someone speaking from the century of the Jetsons.

Anyway, it did occur to me that there were some interesting parallels between it and what we’re attempting to accomplish in the Middle East.

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