They are diners feasting upon such specialties as stonebaked pizza and lasagna, savory ribs and steak, prime rib, spaghetti...

The crew resemble typical heist characters[.]

The invasion of Iraq by the British and U.S.-led Coalition forces in March 2003 silently effected debellatio, the ancient doctrine by which a military victor takes title to territory in which the defeated government has ceased to function.

But neither spoke to the other on the subject. They had entered into a conspiracy of silence.