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** "I'm on the verge of taking a stand."
** Notably highlighted in a scene where Toby, Simon and Judy are on their way to the UN, and Simon is hesitantly floating the notion that maybe it would be much braver to change his publicly expressed views and come down in support the war. Both Simon and Toby pointedly ignore [[Only Sane Man|Judy]] when she bluntly points out that no, it wouldn't be.
*** Simon Foster's actions here are a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|thinly-veiled reference]] to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120807022051/http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/7258/armando-iannucci-on-in-the-loop.html Clare Short MP].
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Eagle Land]]: Being an incredibly [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|cynical]] film the US is portrayed as being closer to Flavor 2, complete with power-crazed warmongers and an overweight American tourist... but being a rather [[Self-Deprecation|self-loathing]] film, the Brits are portrayed as being no better.
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