I laughed, I cried, I laughed, and I left the theater drained, p*ssed off at my government. I ached for the victims of 9/11, the families of the dead soldiers, the families of dead innocent Iraqis, and the ones in the hospital missing hands and legs. Bush says "Support Our Troops" and even he doesn't, trying to cut their pay and benefits. Many books have been written of the hypocrisy of the Administration, but the average American is too lazy to read a book to learn of the screwing we are getting. If you won't take two days to read a book, at least take two hours to see this movie.
I was a conscientious objector from the Vietnam War for the same reason soldiers said they will not go back or cannot understand why we are there, and my wife lost her high school sweetheart in Vietnam. She may not be able to handle the crying wives, sisters, mothers, and fathers now, 40 years later. Unlike those weasels Cheney (who said he had "other priorities") and Bush (who was AWOL from the NG), I was up front about my opposition to dirty wars that do not threaten America. I would take up arms to defend my country, but not kill people not threatening us. This is "Operation Iraqi Freedom," aka "Operation War Profiteering."
I only wish Republicans had the guts to show up and watch this movie. This is Moore's best work yet, and it will be hard to beat. No wonder Eisner and Disney chickened out.
Dissent is patriotic. If you care about what has been done to us as a country and our standing in the world, you have to see this movie. Hate it if you want, but you have to see it to be informed. And don't give me any crap about "our soldiers fighting for Moore's right to speak." That was World War II, not this dirty war. Our soldiers are fighting this war based on a lie and financial motive; nothing more, nothing less. And they are dying everyday, and for what? George Bush's and Dick Cheney's political and personal aggrandizement?
I was a conscientious objector from the Vietnam War for the same reason soldiers said they will not go back or cannot understand why we are there, and my wife lost her high school sweetheart in Vietnam. She may not be able to handle the crying wives, sisters, mothers, and fathers now, 40 years later. Unlike those weasels Cheney (who said he had "other priorities") and Bush (who was AWOL from the NG), I was up front about my opposition to dirty wars that do not threaten America. I would take up arms to defend my country, but not kill people not threatening us. This is "Operation Iraqi Freedom," aka "Operation War Profiteering."
I only wish Republicans had the guts to show up and watch this movie. This is Moore's best work yet, and it will be hard to beat. No wonder Eisner and Disney chickened out.
Dissent is patriotic. If you care about what has been done to us as a country and our standing in the world, you have to see this movie. Hate it if you want, but you have to see it to be informed. And don't give me any crap about "our soldiers fighting for Moore's right to speak." That was World War II, not this dirty war. Our soldiers are fighting this war based on a lie and financial motive; nothing more, nothing less. And they are dying everyday, and for what? George Bush's and Dick Cheney's political and personal aggrandizement?