But the notion that this war is about our moral failings is comfort fantasy, pure and simple. It soothes us with the false idea that, if we but mend ourselves, the scary people will leave us alone.
—“Is Hollywood too timid for the war on terror?; Thanks to political correctness, you don’t see much about the greatest conflict of our time on the big screen,” Andrew Klavan, The L.A. Times
This is basically a politicized articulation of what I’ve been saying regarding the “It’s about Iraq!” veneer slapped on the modern-day meat-movie cycle, and why I think that’s a copout. (My version: There’s nothing special about our evil. Evil is everywhere.)
(Hat tip: Glenn Reynolds.)