February 29, 2008
Susan Sontag explains how she staged theater in a war zone, as well as her opinions on when a war should or should not be waged. Sontag passed away just a year after this recording. A book of her speeches and essays called "At the Same Time" was published in 2007.
How many more insightful interviews like this can we find that were made right before the Iraq invasion? Her comments were by no means prophetic, nor were they anti-American; they were just plain common sense. Kudos to Studio360 for bringing this interview back to the present day.
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