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...strong" power, guerrilla wars are extraordinarily demanding. Guerrillas typically melt away into the general population, either because they have political support there or because they terrorize civilians into protecting them. (My guess is that in Iraq today both conditions are met.) So the strong power has to hunt the enemy not on the battlefield but in towns and villages. The risks are twofold: an ambush like that in Mogadishu or a gradual alienation of the local population leading to unbearable political pressure to end a war--which is how the French were forced out of Algeria. In the 1950s...
...married couple is spending an unremarkable evening in their Paris home; Sonia (Helen Hunt) is trying to get some work done, while Henry (John Turturro) is using all his wiles to get their 6-year-old to go to sleep. The complication: another couple - Henry's boss and his wife - unexpectedly show up for dinner, one night before they are supposed to. The twist: the ensuing evening is replayed three different times, representing three alternate versions of how this uncomfortable situation might play...
...Tools of the Hunt...
...Tools of the Hunt...
...hunt for WMD goes on, but he says the priority at this time is the military campaign. But he did say "there are ominous signs on the battlefield" that regime has plans to use bio/chem. weapons. "Our forces continue to find chemical protection suits, gas masks and atropine. And we've found a lot more than we?re comfortable with...