Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Troops

Re:Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Tr... by wrigby on Saturday April 14, 2018 @12:43PM (#16838101)

I could understand this if "America" was a singular entity. In reality, it's much more complicated than that. It's American filmmakers creating a movie about how a war, which American politicians chose to fight, effected American soldiers.

Attributing the collective actions of every single person from the US to a single entity called "America" and then pointing out that these actions are inconsistent is a silly reductionist argument.

Edit: I should also add that I strongly think the world would be better if the filmmakers were creating movies about the effects of war on the _other_ side, not just their country's side.

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Re:Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Tr... by nickik on Saturday April 14, 2018 @01:46PM (#16838419)

One should also not that this was said because these movies are incredibly popular and get made about pretty much every war.

They are also used by American pop culutre to understand the war and they absolutly do influnce how people view the conflict.

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Re:Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Tr... by scotty79 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @03:11AM (#16841650)

They are not independent. If you want to make a movie about army it's hard to do without filming their gear. And army will help you with that but only if you praise it.

To get critical movies about US army we need to wait for full CGI. Although I bet Army will retailiate then through copyright law.

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