Clint Eastwood First Star to Call Out Pro-Criminal Left-Dirty Harry turns 50 in 2021
Posted on “I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head
clean off, you ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?
Well, do ya, punk?” 2021 will mark 50 years since Clint Eastwood laid down that challenge as Inspector Harry Callahan, also known as
Dirty Harry because he takes on any dirty job that comes along. In this 1971 film, the “Scorpio Killer” is on the loose in San Francisco, and Callahan must track him down. Sounds simple, but fans and critics have lost sight of the high concept.
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Book World: Red lines in conflict zones: When they work and when they fail
David Bosco, The Washington Post
Dec. 31, 2020
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A Red Line in the Sand
By David A. Andelman
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On Aug. 20, 2012, at the tail end of a news conference that focused mostly on domestic politics, President Barack Obama fielded a question about the expanding civil war in Syria. The president condemned the violence by the regime of Bashar al-Assad and detailed his administration s efforts to provide humanitarian aid. He noted pointedly that he had not ordered military involvement, but he did add a caveat. Chemical weapons were a red line, and their use would change my calculations significantly. Almost exactly a year later, Syrian government forces bombarded a Damascus neighborhood with a nerve agent.