dr. strangelove at Brave New Filmshttp://bravenewfilms.org/topics/dr-strangelove2008-06-21T23:08:05ZMeet the New Dr. Strangelovehttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42788-meet-the-new-dr-strangelove2008-06-21T23:08:05ZBrave New Films
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<p><p>From <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/meet-the-new-dr-strangelo_b_108288.html">Tom Hayden</a>: </p><p>In the depths of the Cold War, Stanley Kubrick created a notoriously-mad scientist character, Dr. Strangelove, whose passion was for dropping atomic bombs. Now there is a rising media and Beltway fascination with a new Dr. Strangelove, whose passion is imposing a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.<br /> <br /> His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran whom the <em>Washington Post</em>'s Thomas Ricks once described as Gen. David Petraeus' "chief adviser" on the counterinsurgency doctrine underlying the surge in Iraq.<br /> <br /> Kilcullen advocated a "global Phoenix program" in an obscure military journal, <em>Small Wars</em>, in 2004. For the ahistorical or uninitiated, Phoenix was a largely off-the-books detention, torture and assassination program aimed at tens of thousands of South Vietnamese who were identified by informants as the Vietcong's "civilian infrastructure." The venture was so discredited that the US Congress denounced and disbanded it after hearings in the 1970s.<br /> <br /> But Kilcullen says the Phoenix program was "unfairly maligned" and was actually a success. So inflammatory was his advocacy in some circles that he revised his 2004 paper to rename the Phoenix program one of "revolutionary development."</p></p>
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George Bush's Foreign Policyhttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30260-george-bush-s-foreign-policy2008-10-13T12:30:09ZErnie Smith
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<p>A loving tribute to the genius of Stanley Kubrick</p>
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John McCain is Dr. Strangelovehttp://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27350-john-mccain-is-dr-strangelove2008-10-12T05:55:52Zrobertgreenwald
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<p><p>Thanks to the casting sensibility of Arianna Huffington, we learned that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/bush-and-mccains-displac_b_83870.html">John McCain has been channeling Dr. Strangelove</a>! Duly inspired, Phillip and our Issues 2008 team jumped into action, and 24 hours later, here's the video!</p><p>Pass it far and wide and pitch us <em>your </em>casting ideas for John McCain in the comments.</p></p>
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