Comments on: Why are Iraq films failing? http://proletariatblog.com/2007/11/20/why-are-iraq-films-failing/ Voice of the American Proletariat Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:46:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: V. M. Molotov http://proletariatblog.com/2007/11/20/why-are-iraq-films-failing/comment-page-1/#comment-176 V. M. Molotov Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:39:14 +0000 http://hegemonic.org/2007/11/20/why-are-iraq-films-failing/#comment-176 You might be taking the wrong track here-- several of the films were politically neutral. The lack of public interest is better explained through the fact that no one wants to be reminded of the war. During the Vietnam war, the movies of the war failed until several years had passed since the end of the war. Only then did movies begin to succeed. Also, I think you are making a hasty generalization. Saying that the left wingers hate the troops as well as the war is false. Most liberals would see themselves as supporting the troops by trying to prevent more American lives from being lost. In that light, are their goals still immoral? Is it defeatist to believe that the cause we are fighting for is wrong, that the war is a waste of american lives, and that the war has been conducted as a farce? You might be taking the wrong track here– several of the films were politically neutral. The lack of public interest is better explained through the fact that no one wants to be reminded of the war. During the Vietnam war, the movies of the war failed until several years had passed since the end of the war. Only then did movies begin to succeed.

Also, I think you are making a hasty generalization. Saying that the left wingers hate the troops as well as the war is false. Most liberals would see themselves as supporting the troops by trying to prevent more American lives from being lost. In that light, are their goals still immoral? Is it defeatist to believe that the cause we are fighting for is wrong, that the war is a waste of american lives, and that the war has been conducted as a farce?

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