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Educator's Delight, July 30, 2008
This review is from: Meeting Resistance (DVD)
You want something to challenge and jolt your students concerning the Iraq War? This intriguing film provides gritty fodder that will make every American ask questions about our continued presence in Iraq, our military and non-military strategies and the nature of an urban war.
What I like best is that the film tells its story mostly through interviews with Iraqis from all strata of society, most of whom are "insurgents". So when you hear a teacher, housewife or kid talk about their reasons for fighting, it strikes home more than listening to a politician or a general. It occurred to me that you could apply these commoners' words to about any war in a country that was occupied by an outside force. So I can imagine some citizens of ancient Syria talking about their Roman rulers and why they wish they would leave.
I found it fairly non-judgemental which makes it a good fit for a high school or college classroom (maybe some middle school level). Of course, whenever you point a camera and edit, you are deciding what the viewer sees. And what the viewer sees is riveting.
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In the thick of the resistance, August 3, 2009
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This film goes right into the thick of the resistance. You don't get politicians or media spinning the resistance, you get the people actually fighting telling you why they fight. These people are fighting for their country, not simply to kill for the fun of it as the media would like you to believe. If you wanted to know about the resistance in a more in depth way and wanted to see the action and hear the explanations on why they fight, then this brilliant documentary is for you.
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Iraqi Men/Women Asking "What Would YOU DO if We Invaded You?", June 17, 2009
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These Iraqi men and woman ask "what would Americans do if an Iraqi Army rolled down their streets and stayed under the guise of protecting Americans from themselves?" Answer: Americans would fight the Iraqi just as Iraqis are fighting Americans. An occupying force is just that.
This film says 85% are fighting because of religion-Islamic religion and not from any government party affiliation. Americans are infidels-dirty/unclean occupying their lands. Yet, Americans are told we are in Iraq and now Afghanistan spreading "democracy". The whole Middle East is run as theocracies and dictatorships - NOT DEMOCRACIES whether Americans are there or not. Women and children are treated like dirt whether we are there are not. You are right. It is NOT our job to bring you a "democracy" as Muslims want to be under Sharia law.
These filmed people claim Americans and Israel are blowing up buildings and Muslim people and it is not Muslim people blowing them up. Yet this film shows Muslims blowing up Americans and Muslims who cooperate with Americans. They admit on film to warning children and people to stay away from tanks and Americans as they are potential targets. They admit to detonating bombs by remote control killing Americans rolling by and any innocent bystanders nearby. The women admit to hiding/transporting weapons within the folds of their abayas. Yet these filmed Iraqis claim to strike/kill and immediately run get angry at the attacked American soldiers who must stay in place to protect their injured/dead for firing upon the gathering crowd around them after the attack. If Iraqi women are hiding weapons inside their clothes and the attacked soldiers KNOW they are surrounded by hostiles and who knows what, the soldiers are going to fire just like anyone else surrounded and alone in that type of situation. HELP the soldiers or LEAVE as rubber necking and taking pictures of bloody Americans soldiers may get you killed.
The filmed Iraqis say Americans are dividing up Muslims into categories such as Sunni, Shiite or Kurd and Saudi to keep them fighting each other instead of ganging up and ejecting the American occupying force. Interesting theory. Our government is using the same tactic to divide up Americans pitting Republicans against Democrats or liberals against conservatives while our Constitution is destroyed.
Maybe the Iraqis and Americans should both wake up. We get the governments we deserve. Fight your own revolution if you want one like we did our own Revolutionary War and Civil War.
A lot of Americans agree with the Iraqis in this film. Americans should leave Iraq/Afghanistan and the Middle East. A lot of Americans, whether we agreed with the war or not, would like a DISCOUNT on the Iraqi oil we purchase given we've spent billions liberating Iraq. It is the height of hypocrisy to criticize Iran's recent election when the U.S. government is allowing taxpayer money to fund ACORN which undermines our own free elections. In a few years, we may be following the Iranians into the streets.
Americans have their own problems to fix without interfering in another country's issues
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