The sum of all fears

Based on the novel by Tom Clancy Cast: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ciarán Hinds, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan, Michael Byrne

 

Tagline: 27,000 Nuclear Weapons. One Is Missing.

 

This movie is one of the best political movies, with rich ideas and powerful subject that explains a lot in the world of politics The name indicates the fear of the nuclear weapon and nuclear wars, the movie shows that not only states are a threat but groups and people as well From the first scene to the last, the sum of all fears is a 100% political movie Some of what the sum of all fears can teach The state of war training to the US administration. The war in Chechnya and how the Russians sees it as in-house issue, while the US use it as a pressure card on Russia

De facto: expression that means "concerning the fact" or in practice but not ordained by law. De facto designates action of what happens in practice.

When Defense Secretary David Becker (Philip Baker Hall ) Suggest giving de facto independent to the Chechens after two crazy communist generals bombed Chechnya with nuclear weapons After the collapse of the Soviet Union, chaos started in the new state and it affected everything in the country from the normal life up to the army and the duma, and how that chaos affects the entire world Extremists and fanatics are alive and active and they have what it takes to act, Hell ignitions: groups and organizations works hardly to start wars between countries, some for money and some for ideologies

The nuclear war theory: hit first, hit hard and hit with everything you have (crush your enemy) A back door should be always kept open

 

Quotes:

Ø  William "Bill" Cabot: Don’t be afraid to say you don't know. Choose your words carefully; words have a habit of being turned into policy.

 

Ø  President Nemerov: [in Russian] I ordered no such attack. You must not respond to this action until we have investigated all possibilities. President Fowler: Like you did in Chechnya? Mr. President, who is in control of your armed forces? President Nemerov: [in Russian] You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya!

Ø  Richard Dressler: Meet the new president who is just like the old one

 

Ø  Let no man call us crazy, They called Hitler crazy. But Hitler was not crazy. He was stupid. You don't try and fight Russia and America. You get Russia and America to fight each other... and destroy each other

 

Ø  Most people believe the twentieth century was defined by the death struggle of communism versus capitalism, and that fascism was but a hiccup. Today we know better. Communism was a fool's errand; the followers of Marx gone from this Earth; but the followers of Hitler abound and thrive.

 

Ø  So what shall we make of Chechnya, asking the West for protection? She is like a beautiful virgin, escaping the clutches of a lecherous bear... and running to Bill Clinton to save her maidenhood.

 

Ø  President Nemerov: Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal. Original by: JFK

 

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