with Barack Obama's recent speech in Cairo, in which the command of conscience is to kill the ram of violent extremism. Obama's fundamental subject, too, I think, is "the pity of War". Commenting on the speech in the Evening Standard, William Dalrymple concluded: "Certainly if anyone can drain the deep reservoir of hurt, hatred and suspicion dividing the children of Abraham, it is he." An acknowledged legislator who can think in the nuanced manner of a great war-poet? Good heavens!The Parable of the Old Man and the Young
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: The Parable of the Old Man and the Young, by Wilfred Owen
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