Fagles on Virgil on....

Maybe Maher can read this one night to POTUS. From a N.Y. Times article on Robert Fagles and his new translation of the Aeneid:

" 'The Aeneid' is a cautionary tale," he said. "It is one we need to read today. It speaks of the terrible price of victory in war, for Virgil knew that victory is finally impossible, that it always lies out of reach. He saw the unforeseen aftermath, the way war could all go wrong whether from poor planning or because of the gods on high. He knew the sheer accumulation of death, the destruction, the pain we inflict when we use force to create empire."

Enough said.