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...President came into office promising to focus on a domestic agenda, but on Sept. 11, 2001, America's orientation in the world changed abruptly when al-Qaeda terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing more than 3,000 people. America the righteous victim suddenly became the vindicator on Oct. 7, 2001, when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to drive out the ruling Taliban and the al-Qaeda forces it harbored. But an even more portentous development was unsheathed on Jan. 29, 2002, when President Bush broadened his doctrine with a speech identifying America's enemies...
...relevant story but told through a man who morphs from insufferably confident hawk to insufferably righteous dove. Fortunately, Spader has built a career on making creepy soullessness intriguing. Ellsberg compares the quagmire to quicksand: it's the stalest cliche imaginable, yet Spader sells it with his bitter, weary delivery. Later, after a fact-finding trip to the front line, he says he learned "we couldn't win unless ..." He trails off, and in that moment you see his brashness silently shatter. There is no "unless...
...Righteous Babe...
...point of Job is to show that God is responsible for all things, but is still amoral. Thus, no matter how righteous you are, you still may never win a championship...
...without an enemy, and as it grows increasingly unacceptable to show intolerance toward any group of humans, it becomes more tempting to condemn inanimate objects. They can't defend themselves. They can't hire lawyers or take out full-page ads. So whether the butt of the latest self-righteous crusade is a cell phone, a double cheeseburger or a bottle of malt liquor, it has no choice but to sit there and take its beating...