Lions for Lambs

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

• future
• journalist
• propaganda
• war on terror
• externally controlled action
• manipulation
• manipulation of the media
• afghanistan
• political negotiations
• past
• afghanistan war (2001-2021)
• terrorism