Uncomfortably Timely

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2001)

I understand that Paul Newman encouraged Tom Cruise to do this film to counter balance jingoistic flicks like Top Gun. When I first saw it, I was not all that impressed. How the times have changed.
While we hug our bravest firemen and hang flags from our car windows, we forget the dirty side of war. This film reminds us. But today, times are if anything, only more complicated. Unlike Vietnam, our country was attacked and innocent civilians were the casualties.
Ben Laden and his associates told 60 Minutes months ago that the United States' weakened military resolve has emboldened them. So what do we do? I don't know. Except I pray to God every day for a miracle. What else is there to do?