Rendition

We watched the movie "Rendition" last night. The take home message? You cannot trust a politician to do the "right" thing. You can be assured that a politician will do that which helps him/her get re-elected. Oh yeah, another message, the USA does not torture (they let others do the dirty work for them).

Another movie well worth watching is "A Bright Shining Lie". It's about Lt. Col. John Paul Vann and the Vietnam War. Vann believed that the way to win the war was through winning the hearts of the Vietnamese people. Unfortunately, he could not get the US government to even listen to his point of view.