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Terse is the word for Eastwood's directorial style. It rarely editorializes; it doesn't emote or orate. It just tells the damn story of a soldier's honor, which means doing the job no matter the odds--indeed, no matter the mission. And like Flags, Letters offers a metaphor for the war in Iraq. The movie says that to live another day, in a mortally dangerous hellhole, is the best one can expect and the most...
...Baghdad and up in Diyala. I don't necessarily think troops are the answer. For me, the real answer to the problems we have right now is for the government to be perceived as the government of national unity by its people. Not by us - it doesn't matter what we think. And that will provide us more security than any number of troops can provide...
...unnecessarily concluded with, “I think the Crimson would have slaughtered the Indians.” It is no consolation that this was meant to refer to an athletic team, as the further dehumanization of the “Indian” moniker—no matter how tongue-in-cheek—only contributes to the politically correct debate that the author so sarcastically laments. Furthermore, the examples cited compare Native Americans to animals and, as is the case of the Trojan mascot, insinuate that real native peoples no longer exist, only their descendents. This type...
However, tutoring is just like a pill and American students will not get better unless they take it, no matter how bitter...
...supposed to unleash. To embrace the Baker-Hamilton strategy, President Bush would have to abandon some key foreign policy positions to which he has been deeply wedded throughout his presidency. Critics, including much of the Republican "realist" old-guard personified by Baker, would argue that this is simply a matter of acknowledging reality. But the President will find plenty of support from conservative voices, along with those across the spectrum who most fervently back Israel and see Iran as a primary threat, for ignoring the advice of the "realists." Despite the flurry of discussion over a new policy on Iraq...