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Many of us disagree with the way the war has been conducted and even whether it should have been undertaken in the first place. But even the most ardent critics of the Bush administration, including the newly elected heads of the House and Senate majorities, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reed, had the good sense not to so befoul the atmosphere. Both have made exceptional gestures to try to stimulate bipartisan discussion with the White House about Iraq and other matters. If Webb wanted nothing to do with the president, he should not have accepted the invitation to attend...

He counts his unit's kills meticulously, each one a tick in black pen on his khaki helmet which is, by now, bleached by the sun and battered from battle. Perched in the turret of his tank, just behind the barrel that is hand-painted with intimidating war cries such as "kill 'em all" or "I'm a motherf***ing warrior", he talks only to those Iraqis with the temerity to approach: he feels vulnerable without a 60-ton Abrams girding his loins. It is impossible to read anything in his eyes because they are always obscured by mirrored sunglasses. Only in the safety of...

C'mon Mike, You got caught. As we will see below, the event is all too illustrative of Moore's approach. In producing a supposed "documentary," Moore simply changes facts when they don't suit his theme. The viewer cannot count on what he sees, or is told, having any relation to facts. Whenever Moore desires, facts will be manufactured in the editing booth. 2. NRA and the Reaction To Tragedy. The dominant theme in Bowling (and certainly the theme that has attracted most reviewers) is that NRA is callous toward slayings. The theme begins early in the film, and forms its ending,...