Bourne Ultimatum

Mickey Kaus writes:

I wish I could say Bill O’Reilly was wrong about Paul Greengrass’ Bourne Ultimatum being an anti-American film, but I saw it last weekend and O’Reilly’s right. It’s not just that the script plays on opposition to Bush anti-terror tactics–waterboarding, etc. Or that in a moment of calm hero Matt Damon utters maybe 15 of the 40 words he speaks in the film and explains that he’s simply trying to apologize for … well, the CIA’s sins, or maybe America’s. Just because you oppose waterboarding and believe the U.S. has a lot to apologize for doesn’t make you anti-American. The problem is the film is unredeemed by any sense that America or the American government ever stands for or does anything that is right. It is a big hit overseas.