... and then answer these questions:
Firstly, do you believe men like the General being portrayed by Lancaster are reachable? In other words, can such a man be brought to his senses via reasoned argument?
Secondly, do you believe it is these kind of men who now hold the reins of power in the U.S.?
And finally, are they the kind of men who will ever voluntarily yield to the expressed will of the citizenry when it runs counter to their own agenda?
The video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f7wKV60feK4On edit: minor spelling/grammar.
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An editorial by Eric Margolis from February, '05 touching on this film and it's apparent
relevance to our current times:
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0206-25.htm---snip---
Life imitates art. This week, former military intelligence analyst William Arkin revealed a hitherto unknown directive, with the Orwellian name "JCS Conplan 0300-97," authorizing the Pentagon to employ special, ultra-secret "anti-terrorist" military units on American soil for what the author claims are "extra-legal missions."
In other words, using U.S. soldiers to kill or arrest Americans, acts that have been illegal since the U.S. Civil War.
This frightening news comes as Washington is gripped by reborn, Cold-War-style paranoia, ominous threats of war against Iran from the real president, Dick Cheney, and a titanic bureaucratic battle just won by Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. . .