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...about to part the Red Sea. In 26.2 miles of walking, some very interesting things start to happen. Blood, for instance, begins to pool in hands hanging down at the sides—and the praise-His-name gesture that most of the walkers adopted was an attempt to drain some of that back into the body, avoiding perpetually swollen, numbed hands...
...confusion over what comes next. It's hard to plan D-day against an enemy with no beaches and no borders, and when wise heads counsel that the most effective counterattack may be the least publicly satisfying kind--the quiet intelligence and financial and psychological warfare that can best "drain the swamp" where the terrorists hide. Would a large-scale attack demonstrate American resolve or play into the hands of those hoping to create a martyr? "Not only do you need the courage of your convictions," Adlai Stevenson once said. "Sometimes you need the courage of your doubts...
...confusion over what comes next. It's hard to plan D-day against an enemy with no beaches and no borders, and when wise heads counsel that the most effective counterattack may be the least publicly satisfying kind - the quiet intelligence and financial and psychological warfare that can best "drain the swamp" where the terrorists hide. Would a large-scale attack demonstrate American resolve or play into the hands of those hoping to create a martyr? "Not only do you need the courage of your convictions," Adlai Stevenson once said. "Sometimes you need the courage of your doubts...
...Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said Wednesday that the campaign would combine military, political, intelligence and diplomatic initiatives to "drain the swamp they live in." And that's a sound principle of counterinsurgency, which recognizes that the resilience of an unconventional enemy derives from the support and succor he procures from his environment. Terrorist groups such as Bin Laden will seek out the most supportive environment for their sanctuaries; isolating and destroying them requires turning their environment against them...
...nigh flawless, gangster movies; it's the genre closest to his heart. But To and Wai, who serves as writer, co-producer and co-director, don't care to be cult figures. They're in business. Movies cost money and in Hong Kong, beset by movie piracy, the brain drain and the overall artistic glums, only 5% of all films released last year earned a profit. Wai and To want to be in that 5%. So they'll make, as well as they can, anything they think the audience wants. What to artier directors would be a confession...