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Last month, the terrorism case against Mr Ó hAnnaidh was dismissed following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought.

Soccer’s technical, medical and high-performance staffs, he choose to rest and recuperate during the final summer before the World Cup.

But in focusing on the minutiae of what happened and recommending mostly narrow or technical improvements, it failed to answer the deeper question: “Why, after all these years, don’t we do this any better?”

Media coverage of the U.S. military attacks that have killed 21 alleged “narco-terrorists” has mostly focused on technical questions: Were the boats really carrying drugs?

But in its exhausting pursuit of technical perfection, “The Smashing Machine” merely mirrors its subject’s journey, losing sight of its goal for a futile shot at glory.