McCain only went as far as "Bomb-bomb-bomb..." and for the record he was only referencing the spoof that had been out there since summer '06 when practically everyone was predicting a U.S. attack on Iran before the upcoming election.
Here's the song (but you have to wait through the Hogan's Heroes march to get to it):
I believe the US Military has been negligent in that it has often allowed film makers who were virulently anti-military access to bases, personnel, assets, and records.
Could you refresh my memory with some specific recent examples of the Pentagon giving advice and support to anti-war movies? If so, I'd call that evenhanded, not negligent.
For that matter, I've had the impression that with few exceptions Hollywood has pretty much shunned the whole subject of the Iraq war, and the doves have had no more of a mouthpiece in the movies than the hawks.
There is nothing inherently evil about the military, in fact the US military has much more often been used for humanitarian reasons (recently, Myanmar and New Orleans) than to punish but they are rarely depicted as such.
No one is arguing that the civilian leadership isn't to blame. And it would take many more humanitarian "much-more-oftens" to add up to just one Vietnam, Persian Gulf or Iraq war. The military's business is war, and that's what our ruling class uses it for the most.
I believe the US Military has been negligent in that it has often allowed film makers who were virulently anti-military access to bases, personnel, assets, and records. The numbers of movies which have liberal, anti-military, anti-war, anti-US, anti-government agency of all sorts are much larger than those which are favorable or even handed. Since our Military is controlled by our civilian, elected, politicians, then those are the real culprits and our military merely does as it is told or directed. There is nothing inherently evil about the military, in fact the US military has much more often been used for humanitarian reasons (recently, Myanmar and New Orleans) than to punish but they are rarely depicted as such. The Armed Services need to be very wary of with whom they cooperate.
"In other words, they know that making something seem forbidden increases its appeal'
Ummmm, how many times have I tried to make that point on this forum? Gall dang it! I am book marking this page so I can quote you on this soon!
McCain only went as far as "Bomb-bomb-bomb..." and for the record he was only referencing the spoof that had been out there since summer '06 when practically everyone was predicting a U.S. attack on Iran before the upcoming election.
Here's the song (but you have to wait through the Hogan's Heroes march to get to it):
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/40956/
Could you refresh my memory with some specific recent examples of the Pentagon giving advice and support to anti-war movies? If so, I'd call that evenhanded, not negligent.
For that matter, I've had the impression that with few exceptions Hollywood has pretty much shunned the whole subject of the Iraq war, and the doves have had no more of a mouthpiece in the movies than the hawks.
No one is arguing that the civilian leadership isn't to blame. And it would take many more humanitarian "much-more-oftens" to add up to just one Vietnam, Persian Gulf or Iraq war. The military's business is war, and that's what our ruling class uses it for the most.
I believe the US Military has been negligent in that it has often allowed film makers who were virulently anti-military access to bases, personnel, assets, and records. The numbers of movies which have liberal, anti-military, anti-war, anti-US, anti-government agency of all sorts are much larger than those which are favorable or even handed. Since our Military is controlled by our civilian, elected, politicians, then those are the real culprits and our military merely does as it is told or directed. There is nothing inherently evil about the military, in fact the US military has much more often been used for humanitarian reasons (recently, Myanmar and New Orleans) than to punish but they are rarely depicted as such. The Armed Services need to be very wary of with whom they cooperate.
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