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A Coke and a smile (and a suicide bomb)

6 Comments by Harrison Scott Key November 13 12:13 PM

Some people say that American culture killed communism and won the Cold War.  Can rock-and-roll and Coke and Die Hard movies and McDonald’s do that?  And if they did, can they win the War on Terror?  Here’s a quick precis of what some Americans think about that question. 

(And something else to think about: if rock-and-roll and Coke and Die Hard movies and McDonald’s won the Cold War, was that really a victory worth celebrating?  Sounds like baiting kids to church with cool PowerPoint sermons and donuts.)