OK, maybe not. But something odd happened in his new (flop) movie "Leatherheads".

I was one of the three people across the country this weekend who saw Leatherheads. Naturally the central themes of the movie were anti-American, anti-military, anti-family. Particularly offensive was the revelation that the movie's "war hero" was actually a fraud. He really didn't capture a German squad single handed during WWI. He really didn't deserve his medal or the adulation he received. This was essentially an indictment of every legitimate hero with the suggestion that there are no heroes in war, no real acts of bravery.

Hey, I was there for the football. Not enough of that. Probably why the movie is a flop.

But there was one brief, beautiful, shining moment.

Toward the end of the movie a football team and a bunch of soldiers got into a bar fight. After a bit they all became best buddies and began singing around the piano. Their final song? "Over There" The scene ends with one man (movingly and effectively) singing the last line: "And we won't come back 'til it's over over there."

It struck me as an affirmation of the need to stay in Iraq until we fix what we broke. A call to NOT precipitously leave the country. A rejection of Barack and Hillary's campaign position. Am I reading too much into it? Maybe.

But this is a movie that was written, starred, and produced by George Clooney. It is difficult to believe that one of the movies most powerful scenes could have had such a clear message appear accidentally. It really makes me think that George MIGHT, just might actually want us to stay there until we win.

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