And with his national address referencing the nature of fear, Underwood was also channeling FDR his declaration of war after Pearl Harbor has long been targeted by conspiracy theorists whose allegations, if nothing else, draw from the fact that even just wars must be waged with political calculation in a democracy.ДЄs for season four as a whole, IвЂ™d grade it highly. But the book that inspired Wag the Dog-an obvious precedent of this plotline-was a satire of Bush Sr. Bush using the countryвЂ™s post-9/11 anxiety to attack Iraq. The obvious parallel suggested by the show is George W. But the specter of war initiated for domestic political reasons is certainly not foreign to America. ItвЂ™s tempting to say that Hammerschmidt is the unambiguous winner in that argument once youвЂ™ve seen the Underwoods decide to invade the Middle East to distract the public from their misdeeds. But Hammerschmidt had already given the alternate reading of that idea when Frank implored him to hold off his story because of the hostage crisis: вЂњThatвЂ™s the same reasoning dictators use.вЂќ ItвЂ™s hard to imagine the show being watchable for much longer now that this rubicon of despicability has been crossed. But corruption, thatвЂ™s a matter of perspective.вЂќ In other words, this is the job. вЂњName me a president you wouldnвЂ™t describe in exactly the same way,вЂќ he said. Peter if that liver transplant hadnвЂ™t come through. But in his showdown with Hammerschmidt, Frank came as close as heвЂ™s ever come to revealing the defense heвЂ™d have given to St. They want power because they want power and thatвЂ™s it. Might it still end there, eventually? House of Cards, perhaps to its credit, doesnвЂ™t spend much time ever telling us how the Underwoods justify themselves to themselves.

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