You've just crossed over into the twilight zone
I have deep respect for Roger Cohen as journalist, despite his irritating need to write everything in the most complex way possible. But today's article sets a new low for florid nonsense.
After confessing that a "confused and mystical idea" about gyres has inspired him, Roger decides to share his poetic hallucinations in a 5000 character stream of incoherent babble that does nothing to help explain Arab politics-- ostensibly the purpose of his piece. His high point is the bold proclamation that "no foul volley of bullets from Syria’s Bashar al-Assad can stop the convulsive movement of the gyres". Yes, that's a direct quote.
Seriously, how can the anyone, much less the NYTimes, publish this crap?
p.s. to the editors, "helixes" is not a word, the plural of "helix" is "helices". (and yes, I know that we make a million mistakes here, but this is a blog)
After confessing that a "confused and mystical idea" about gyres has inspired him, Roger decides to share his poetic hallucinations in a 5000 character stream of incoherent babble that does nothing to help explain Arab politics-- ostensibly the purpose of his piece. His high point is the bold proclamation that "no foul volley of bullets from Syria’s Bashar al-Assad can stop the convulsive movement of the gyres". Yes, that's a direct quote.
Seriously, how can the anyone, much less the NYTimes, publish this crap?
p.s. to the editors, "helixes" is not a word, the plural of "helix" is "helices". (and yes, I know that we make a million mistakes here, but this is a blog)
