For blacks, it boiled down to a matter of retribution.
Terrorists, whatever the moral value of their deeds, may be found and punished; as humans they are subject to retribution, whether it be corporal or legal.
Starring Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins, the film deals with the thorny subject of paedophilia and retribution in Massachusetts, and was a pet project for Eastwood, who both produced and directed.
His main contention is that the United States, by resorting to "bluster, military force and financial manipulation," all harnessed to its goal of global hegemony, is subjecting itself to acts of retribution around the world -- that retribution being the "blowback" of his title.
Fear of retribution remained pervasive.
"This feels like a measure of retribution".
Each act of violence can spark a cycle of retribution.
They said they were fearful of retribution.
That war was an act of retribution and prevention.
Perhaps they were also cheering the notion of retribution.
