Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Where Is He Now?

People wondered what Makiya is up to:

Last summer, Makiya, who studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, proposed a sweeping urban renewal project to Iraqi officials on a trip to Baghdad. The idea was to create, in the heart of the city, a pedestrians-only green space.

"You're talking about a massive rethinking of the city," Makiya said, waving his hand across a satellite map of Baghdad hanging on one wall. "Someone has to keep dreaming."


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Talk turned to the U.S. presidential campaign. Morse mentioned the pressure that Hillary Rodham Clinton was facing to apologize for her Senate vote authorizing Bush to go to war.

Makiya stared into his glass of red wine. "That's so Maoist," he said.

"People shouldn't feel the need to apologize. What is there to apologize for?"