1. Gaddis’ hint on the policy maker agenda is completely accurate and falls in line with both films. For example, in the film Farewell, the KGB Colonel defected from the Soviets. The reasoning behind this was driven by such policy makers. As the film provides, he defects because he feels the leadership of the USSR is leading to conflict that is unnecessary. It is because of the ambitious chasing of policy that the Colonel is forced to switch sides and provide vital intel in the first place. The underlying important message overall is that people will do whatever it takes to get their way regardless of who it effects. Such actions are not limited to the realm of espionage, but to politics.
2. Democracies, at their foundation, include the inclusion
2. Democracies, at their foundation, include the inclusion