I read the article interviewing Susan Sontag. You and Andrew are right about "texts." But I have another angle. "Texts" may be a polite sidestep that Sontag has written very few books. Just a bunch of articles and "editor" credits.
But she has her good points:
In the piece, which she wrote shortly after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, Sontag dissected the political and media blather that poured out of the television in the hours after the explosions of violence. After subjecting herself to what she calls "an overdose of CNN," Sontag reacted with a coldly furious burst of analysis, savaging political leaders and media mandarins for trying to convince the country that everything was OK, that our attackers were simply cowards, and that our childlike view of the world need not be disturbed.
I share her visceral reaction to CNN. And,
This is one thing I do completely agree with David on: If tomorrow Israel announced a unilateral withdrawal of its forces from the West Bank and the Gaza strip -- which I am absolutely in favor of --- followed by the proclamation of a Palestinian state, I don't believe it would make a dent in the forces that are supporting bin Laden's al-Qaida. I think Israel is a pretext for these people.
I agree with her here too. This is an important statement. I feared that the Identity Left (or whatever) would Palestinianize this crisis, and infantilize our world understanding to their obsessional level. I don't think that's working, although their immediate outbursts seemed to be working in that direction.