...his life would become a "tragedy of Homeric proportions…one fit for all the ages.”

[droidboy010101]

There's an interesting short piece in that publication I just slammed yesterday (but I did say from time-to-time they do have some gripping articles and series) which is a part of a series being run by the WaPo featuring Iranian-Americans.  This time it is about a Iranian-American engineer that worked on the B-2 stealth bomber who is having real

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[fishymcb]

Great entry, lots to consider. Have you read or heard of Michael Frayn's play Copenhagen? It's along these lines, dealing with WWII.

[droidboy010101]

Thanks. I have heard of it but only in passing (but I'll definitely check it out now.)
I'm especially interested because WWII is one of those times where you can "safely justify" a lot of weapons R&D because it was against the Nazi's, up until you look at the overkill revenge-bombing of Dresden with incendiaries and the never-ending debate of using atomic weapons on Japan.
Thanks for the compliment and suggestion.

How the World Sees America

[fishymcb]

Hi, I wrote the article on Meshkati and really enjoyed reading your reaction to it. I think what got lost in a lot of comments and maybe I should have emphasized it more was that Meshkati was designing technologies with multiple applications, B-2 being one of them. I think you highlight that tension really well here and raise some great questions too. Copenhagen, by the way, is a beautiful play. Thanks to your commenter for suggesting it. I read it way back when and will flip through it again now. Thanks for reading and keep in touch.

Amar

www.washingtonpost.com/america

Re: How the World Sees America

[droidboy010101]

Wow, thanks for coming by and checking out my little blether on you article, Amar. Upon reading some of Meshkati's other posts, its learned that he worked more on the fly-by-wire and error correction systems... which are pretty benign applications in the grand scheme of things. Yet still he knows that tech makes a nearly unmanageable plane possible. Sorry your comments section became a rather distraught free-for-all (nature of the internet I guess.) Thanks again for visiting and all the best! I'll be sure to come by and check out the series as it progresses. Thanks again for doing it!