Eh, but my point was that I don&#x27;t think there&#x27;s a rational argument justifying the second war on Iraq, while there were rational arguments justifying the war on Afghanistan, thus if you are  trying to justify another act of violence by comparing it to the war, I don&#x27;t think it makes a lot of sense to compare your act to the Iraq war.<p>My impression is that you are right that wiping out Iraq did a lot more to destabilize the area than the adventure in Afghanistan, though, mostly because Iraq had a much more functional government before hand.<p>The timing of Rambo 3 was unintentionally hilarious, not only now, but at the time it came out, as it came out right as relations were warming;   Time named Gorbachev &quot;man of the year&quot; in the same year that Rambo 3 hit theaters.<p>But yes, he does go on and on about how hard it is to conquer the people of Afghanistan in ways that seem downright un-American if you are watching it in a post-9&#x2F;11 era, as I did.<p>Really, I think that the whole Rambo series is better if you remember that Trautman shoots John at the end of &quot;first blood&quot; in a scene reminiscent of &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot;  -  Rambo 2 and 3 have got to be... fever dreams? an afterlife?  an acid flashback?  as John dies.