Product Details

• Actors: Tariq Ali, Faiysal Alikhan, Andrew Bacevich, Robert Baer, Shukria Barakzai
• Directors: Robert Greenwald
• Producers: Robert Greenwald, Dallas Dunn, Jason Zaro, Kim Huynh, Ofelia Yanez
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Disinformation
• DVD Release Date: November 10, 2009
• Run Time: 62 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002LFPBJM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,316 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Rethink Afghanistan" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: E1 Release Date: 11/10/2009 Run time: 75 minutes

Customer Reviews

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39 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greed exposed! Look at how many INNOCENT civilians have died! No one wins in a war!, October 15, 2009

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Sexy Bachelor (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rethink Afghanistan (DVD)

Until I watched this DVD, I have had no interest in that God-forsaken country called Afghanistan. History has shown that no mighty empire has conquered that barren and arid land, is America going to be any different? We've been so brainwashed by the mainstream media that often, people can't distinguish what is going on in there except some hazy mass media soundbite of "fighting terrorists".

In this DVD, you will be able to ponder over:

- A bigger picture of the historical, cultural and ethinc history and makeup of
Afghanistan. Distinguishing things is a start to understanding reality.

- The difference between the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They are NOT the same.

- Video footage of the country on the ground in hard reality.

- The burdensome cost of the war to the American taxpayer: US$30 billion a year.

- Geopolitics.

- Interviews with the locals, professionals from a variety of fields, including
former CIA agents.

- Washington policy makers are not living to every day reality in the battlefield.

- Sad reality on the ground: THOUSANDS of INNOCENT civilian deaths!
Look at the faces of the featured old lady and the kid who died by the time this
DVD was released! What did they DO to YOU and America to deserve hunger,
starvation, bombing and death?! When was the last time YOU went without water,
clothes and food?

- The Taliban pays $8 a day to a citizen to fight the invading "foreign troops",
where is the reality of rebuilding citizen lives through American developmental
aid?

- WHY are American taxpayers' money going into the hands of greedy corporations
"contractors" and building nice, secure houses with swimming pools for American
mercenaries, private contractors and the corrupt elite? Isn't that money supposed
to give decent housing to internally displaced refugees?

- War victims are left to rot and die while American taxpayers money are used to
shore up corruption, greed and growing oppression! No wonder these "foreign
troops" are not seen as "liberators" but rightfully called oppressors!

- Missing aid money: where have all the MISSING billions of dollars gone to?

- The ugly face of American corporate and elite GREED and their lust for power!

- Reconstruction projects? One good way for American contractors to CHEAT innocent civilians and STEAL money!

You government and State Department folks reading this review!
When are you EVER going to realize that throwing BILLIONS of dollars to other governments and their corrupt state agencies ISN'T going to help the ordinary masses the least bit?! This is the same problem you face in Asia, Africa, Latin America, etc.! The citizens who NEED these aid money isn't getting a DIME or a penny!
The world now knows that the corrupt elite will only support the corrupt elite,
never mind what country they come from - they're all the same!

More than 8 segments await you in this DVD, including special features with:

- Commentary
- Spanish language options
- Debates
- Interviews with former CIA agents


This is a good start for the general public.

Educate yourself today and learn to distinguish mainstream propaganda from the reality everyone else on the ground is experiencing.

Kudos to the director, Robert Greenwald!
You've done a good service to the rest of the world with this educational DVD!



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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well thought out and very informative.I, February 8, 2010

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reader "goofy" (sonoma, CA, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rethink Afghanistan (DVD)

This film was worht watching and gives a human face to the dilemna in Afghanistan. I have passed it along to friends who also were impressed.

2.0 out of 5 stars Generic documentary for uneducated masses, January 12, 2012

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KillerBD (Whidbey Island, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rethink Afghanistan (Amazon Instant Video)

If you don't know anything about Afghanistan's history, culture, or people... Or that there's a war going on. This documentary might help you out, I've done enough reading about the history and culture of Afghanistan to find this docu. very dry and boring. Just my 2 cents.