Is this the age of super heroes? Reading the papers I must come to the conclusion that it is so. Every week mythical arch-villains with comic-like names such as 'Chemical Ali', 'Doctor Germ' and 'Mrs Anthrax' are defeated by Captain America in his quest for freedom in the world. Captain America's opponents are evil to the bone. As his trusted sidekicks explain, the evil villains are "killers whose only faith is hate". and who have "no purpose, no meaning other than to strike out in rage". these are grim characters indeed and we are lucky that Captain America is there to face them head on. So nevermind the legitimacy of this war, Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. Nevermind the rebuilding of Iraq and the safeguarding of it's citizens. That is boring and does not do well on TV at all, so why care? I say we just ignore them so we can enjoy the adventures of Captain America battling the Butcher of Bagdad, intimidating the Infidels of Iran and hunting the Heathens of Hezbollah.
I wonder if the white house has already sold the movierights?..
