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...doubt hopes that the images of this visit will wipe out those from a previous attempt to bond with troops, which became a public-relations disaster. His flight-suited jaunt in May to an aircraft carrier floating off San Diego--where Bush stood below a banner that read MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and declared an end to "major combat operations" in Iraq--seemed brilliant at the time, a powerful image of a triumphant Commander in Chief, a grateful recognition of the armed forces' resolve and an ideal subject for a 30-second campaign spot. But the event was too contrived, Bush...
...foolishly risky. As long as no one was put in harm's way, Bush told Card, he would go. And so Card and a tiny handful of other aides went to work, looking for a way to thank the troops that would also be an antidote to the mission-accomplished debacle and a rebuttal to critics who have complained about Bush's failure to attend soldiers' funerals. This time, the Bush team was determined to get the message right...
Bush's Thanksgiving Day swoop into Baghdad will inevitably tie his fate more closely to the volatile situation in Iraq. Having stood on Iraqi soil and committed the U.S. to seeing its mission through, the President will have little room to maneuver during the election campaign if he's faced with increasing calls to bring the troops home. If the American death toll slows, Saddam Hussein is found and democracy begins to take root, Bush won't need a campaign ad to make his point. But if Iraq gets worse instead of better, neither will his opponents...
...woman known only as The Bride (Uma Thurman), who awakens from a coma four years after she is nearly assassinated at her wedding party by the elite fighting force to which she once belonged. Once she’s up and about again, The Bride sets out on a mission of revenge against her former compatriots. On paper, Kill Bill: Volume I sounds dangerously close to Charlie’s Angels: There are many martial arts action sequences, all of the main characters are women and one of them is played by Lucy Liu. However, whereas Angels was mindless...
Director Joel Schumacher’s latest movie is based upon on the life of the Sunday Independent reporter of the same name. The film is the story of Guerin’s self-imposed mission to clear the streets of drugs and pushers, culminating in her brutal death at the hands of gang leaders fighting the momentum of her crusade. Most important, it is the story of Guerin herself: her character, her motivations, her fears and her doubts. Cate Blanchett’s resplendent performance as Guerin seethes with passion and intensity in every scene. It is her skillful...