Monthly Archives: December 2006

Just went to see the ironically titled The Good Shepherd, De Niro’s movie about the CIA. I was looking forward to a realistic account of the CIA’s founding and early history, but this is definitely not it. What a disappointment. … Continue reading →

We went to see Mel Gibson’s new movie the other day. It was violent, but no more violent than some others. It was actually a pretty conventional run through the jungle kind of movie. It could have been set in … Continue reading →

My previous blog post was a defense of what has been accomplished in Iraq, and it is possible to poke holes in my assumptions and conclusions. It is difficult to view the war in Iraq as an unbridled success, but … Continue reading →

The war in Iraq has been continually evolving. It has not been one mission, but rather a series of missions. Mission 1: Overthrowing Saddam Hussein and the Baathist gangsters. This mission has been accomplished. Mission 2: Creating a constitution and … Continue reading →