the condescension was really uncalled for and hard to watch. i mean, by the time i was eight i had a better understanding of american foreign policy than lucas over there. if you're going to bring a kid like that in at all, what's the point of being snide about it......

and, it's hardly like resource management is a less pressing issue than war. in terms of consequences, it's the most pressing issue. in terms of war, it's the dominant underlying factor. mallory was right to shift the topic; you adults are all doing this all wrong.