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After watching Wag the Dog, one should not be unfamiliar with the fact that American war always becomes an outstanding plot for a blockbuster hit. With sincere intentions, though, to increase the morale of soldiers and citizens. They've done a very good job actually: If you see the people they interview on the streets and the barometer of public opinion--patrioticism is in the air. And what makes it so convincing, is that like reality TV shows, the image makes us think it's genuinely real. Young chivalric hero Philip Sidney was also consciously being created as a national icon. He became an inspiration for later hot-blooded gentlemen to follow his path and fight for England. Though a person is sometimes made greater than himself/herself in reality, Lynch's story is phoney yet necessary in a time of turmoil.