Cool Under Fire (or while shooting people, whatever)

Naomi Klein re-spins the cowboy-soldier:

Yes, that's right: Letter-writers from across the nation are united in their outrage--not that the steely-eyed smoking soldier makes mass killing look cool but that the laudable act of mass killing makes the grave crime of smoking look cool. It reminds me of the joke about the Hasidic rabbi who says all sexual positions are acceptable except for one: standing up, "because that could lead to dancing."

(Also, keep an eye out for The Take, Klein's new documentary on Argentine workers' takeovers of their places of employment.)