Baghdad ER

by Raj on June 8, 2006

This HBO documentary should be required viewing for anyone considering voting for a Presidential candidate who didn’t question the war effort in Iraq.  If you didn’t fully appreciate the sacrifice of the military men and women involved in such a brutal war, you certainly will after watching this.  It’s a politically neutral documentary, but it takes very few minutes of watching it to hope and pray for a quick ending. 

Only time will tell if al-Zarqawi’s death will bring any respite for the military and civilians alike.  Just as the politicians place another feather in their caps and gallivant about as if “Mission Accomplished,” things will turn for the worse and someone will replace al-Zarqawi who’s smarter and even more so brutal. 

It’s an absolutely gruesome documentary —– not to be watched with children around.  

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Brooks Jordan 06.08.06 at 2:38 pm

I rented “Munich” last weekend, which, you know, is about a covert operation to assassinate the organizers of the abduction and killing of Jewish athletes at the 1972 Olympic games.

Steven Spielberg says in an introduction that the movie is asking, What unintended consequences occur when you assassinate your enemies? One obvious answer from the film was that new leaders spring-up to take their place, ones that are often much more radical.

Raj 06.08.06 at 11:26 pm

I’m fascinated by that event for a number of reasons.

If you haven’t already watched it, check out “One Day In September” for a historically accurate film about the Munich games.

I still haven’t seen “Munich” yet, but I have been meaning to rent it.

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