Re: The Mark Cuban funded movie?
This is really simple. You can take any movie made in the US, cut and splice it to be something that is anti-American and not what was intended. the actual content of the movie is not important, only that if yo want you can do it to any movie.
Will it be done? I don't see why. All they have to do is bring back some footage of the bomb that landed in the school, maybe some footage of the bodies of children ... You see humans know what is a work of fiction and what is fact.
The terrorist know that a rape happened, but do they really have to look that far back in time to find something to be mad about us at? A US made movie? Went all they have to do is turn on one of the hundreds of anti-American television channels to see something newer?
People do not blow themselves up because some woman got raped, they blow themselves up because they are disenchanted with the way life is going for them and see martyr as a way out. They join the Jihad movement not because a woman was raped, but because an enemy army is occupying their country and they have no way to fight back.
It an American movie worth blowing yourself up over, or are the events that are actually happening in their country more worthy?
Re: The Mark Cuban funded movie?
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Originally Posted by Geezerballer
One more thing, I never said we have soldiers in Iraq to "defend freedom and liberty". We are there because that's where the oil is and we need it to maintain our economy and way of life. Even so, the soldiers and Marines there are the sons and brothers of your neighbors and this movie will inspire more fanatics to try to kill them. It's an unecessary and irresponsible risk by a coddled billionare jocksniffer.
Well! thank you for saying it that way! Now we can start understanding each other - at least this is coming from an officer which is good. So we arent over there to defend freedom and liberty which is very true but we are there because of oil, something everybody knows but doesn't care to admit. Now the problem starts here: "we need it to maintain our economy and way of life". THat's where the whole wrong starts. Think about it.
Anyway, it's just sad that our soldiers are dying for this cause altogether. It's pathetic.
Re: The Mark Cuban funded movie?
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Originally Posted by SpurOutofTownFan
Well! thank you for saying it that way! Now we can start understanding each other - at least this is coming from an officer which is good. So we arent over there to defend freedom and liberty which is very true but we are there because of oil, something everybody knows but doesn't care to admit. Now the problem starts here: "we need it to maintain our economy and way of life". THat's where the whole wrong starts. Think about it.
Anyway, it's just sad that our soldiers are dying for this cause altogether. It's pathetic.
Unfortunately, a vast proportion of the nation has a simplistic view of the Iraqi conflict, as with the War on Terrorism. (Regardless of political affiliation) Are we there to secure and spread democracy to nations deprived of such? Yes. Does democracy ensure freedom? No. An example of this would be the elections held in Palistine only a short time ago. Is the U.S. government recieving Iraqi oil as payment. Yes. This is to help fund military action taking place in Iraq.
Another perspective is stategic placement. What country is between Iraq and Afganastan?
Iran.
Iran is a threat to globalized democracy and to the stability within the region.
History would indicate that this region has been unstable for a lengthy period of time. So, concluding that such violence is the cause of the U.S. military occupation of Iraq is quite ignorant.
However, I will agree that it is more than a possibility that our military occupation may led to the further progression of such violence . But, honestly, this shit wasn't going to resolved on it's own. I think 1,000 years is more than enough time to settle your differences. It was past due someone step in and fix the situation.
