| Sunday, December 14, 2003 |
 | Robert Plant, possibly our greatest living grammarian, observed quite correctly that sometimes words have two meanings. "To cleave" means both to break apart and to adhere, which is one of the most lovely bits of poetry the language has to offer. And "Red Dawn" is both the operation that apprehended Saddam Hussein and the film that defeated Communism.
First, it's good to see Saddam captured. Hopefully this will lead to a cessation of boistrousness and acts of ungentlemanly conduct in Iraq forthwith, although I do wish the Americans would stop shaving off beards. It's like a fetish - they did it to the Camp X-Ray detainees as well. Still, the Ba'ath party in Iraq was at least secular. There will follow a lot of interrogation about where the weapons of mass destruction are, no doubt.
Second, dude. I've never seen "Red Dawn", but by God I want to. For the moment, I am having to content myself with the discussion boards on the IMDB, which are I suspect far better than the movie itself. So far my favourite comment must be this, on the possibility of an attack by the USSR on the US through land invasions from Cuba and Canada:
Had they hit Europe the US would have aided and Russia would be slowly knawed down. A good book series to read in the Ender's Shadow books. It's science fiction but it gives a good inside on war strategies and tactics. Especially Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets (the latest of the series).
Bless. Given that an earlier writer cited Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" as a historical source, this is at least a step up.
Pinko's [sic] hate this film, because it is a direct hit. The USSR did indeed invade the US in the 1980s, and where indeed opposed by Patrick Swayze.
This could have happened. Oh yes.
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