body of lies

i thought body of lies was an enjoyable action film. it is a film about a CIA operative, a warrior who is fighting the war against terror often hand to hand in the middle east, yet is hamstrung by the policies of his boss, who is often seen going about family duties in the washington d.c. area. the main point of the somewhat inept and deceptive boss image is that of the absurdity of a leader without any moral authority. still, it's a sign that we are in the era of the war on terror, when a movie like this comes out. it's christiandom vs. islam i guess, for some time into the future. but we have some allies in the islamic world. it's not a caliphate, all united, as some of the jihadists would want. it is a battle for the hearts and minds of the average arabs. i believe the radicals that i appreciate are the Quakers, who believe sincerely in a world without violence. i was just reading about such a peace worker who was killed in the middle east. said one young Quaker, there are people who die in war, but how many people are willing to die for peace? after taking in a violent film like body of lies, i need to remember where my conscience is, by reading books about the Quakers, about their founder, George Fox, and some of their great writers about peaceableness.