We finally saw F9/11 this morning. Brilliant agit-prop. I don’t care about categories: if critics complain that it isn’t a documentary because it doesn’t follow journalistic standards of being “fair and balanced” (oops….), then find another category for it. Emotional? Damn right! How do you talk to a woman who’s lost a son in Iraq without dealing in emotions? And if you can look at the broken bodies of Iraqi children and American soldiers without emotion, I pity you.
A lot of people have latched on to the wrong issues from this film. And many people are criticizing it without even seeing it. (See, for example, Rep. David Dreier on Real Time With Bill Maher.) Please, make up your own mind. If you haven’t seen it, I really think that you should. If you are from the USA, or the UK, or Australia, you need to see what is being done by your government in your name. It isn’t pretty. You’ll see blood, bodies, coffins, amputated limbs: that’s what war is all about. I hope you won’t use Barbara Bush’s beautiful mind excuse. In the words of Lou Reed, “This is no time for my country Right or Wrong/remember what that brought/…/This is no time to turn your back.