There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and dates. The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.

Even true believers had consciences, Too bad.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.

Jack looked out the window as they passed the Mormon temple, just outside the beltway near Connecticut Avenue. A decidedly odd-looking building, it had grandeur with its marble columns and gilt spires. The beliefs represented by that impressive structure seemed curious to Ryan, a lifelong Catholic, but the people who held them were honest and hardworking, and fiercely loyal to their country, because they believed in what America stood for.

Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.