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Your interview with Clint Eastwood and your glowing review of his movie Flags of Our Fathers [Oct. 23] disparaged the idea of war heroism at a time when the U.S., in the hard years to come, is going to desperately need heroes and patriots. Although the movie is ostensibly about the World War II battle of Iwo Jima and our government's propaganda campaign around the famous flag-raising photo, Eastwood obviously meant it as a comment on the Iraq war and the cynical machinations of the Bush Administration. I hold no brief for Bush and the Iraq...
...case for the partition of Iraq is straightforward: It has already happened. The Kurds, a non-Arab people who live in the country's north, enjoy the independence they long dreamed about. The Iraqi flag does not fly in Kurdistan, which has a democratically elected government and its own army. In southern Iraq, Shi'ite religious parties have carved out theocratic fiefdoms, using militias that now number in the tens of thousands to enforce an Iranian-style Islamic rule. To the west, Iraq's Sunni provinces have become chaotic no-go zones, with Islamic insurgents controlling Anbar province while Baathists...
...performances with the song’s full backstory, making it clear that his own anthem “Born in the U.S.A.” falls in the same camp as Guthrie’s protest song. The Boss wasn’t wrapping himself in the flag in this song, but calling out a nation for their callous treatment of Vietnam vets. Like Guthrie’s work, the song was misunderstood and appropriated by politicians, this time within a matter of months...
...sugary-sweet as they come, but in the wake of Congress’ recent decision on legalizing torture and Bush’s signing of a bill making martial law easier to impose, cynical listeners may get a chuckle out of Greenwood’s “the flag still stands for freedom, and they can’t take that away.” Luckily for rock fans, this song is as bland and forgettable as “Sam’s Town...
...know that they—a black Democrat in Tennessee and a white Democrat in Virginia—are close to milestone victories because they please their constituents. And part of these candidates’ appeal to many voters is the fact that neither waves a rainbow flag...