Monday, January 21, 2008

Charlie's War

Biting the hand that feeds you, to explain that idiom, there is no better example to use than the Afghans bombing the Americans. For the first time actually I have heard of a very reasonable explanation for the Afghan warriors trained and bank-rolled by the Americans turning against them. The director is quite direct in his explanation and I like his take on the issue. With a GMAT exam around the corner, the last thing I am going to do is go digging more about this movie, but I am quite happy that the selfish interests of the Americans has been highlighted.

Its always amusing to remember the Taleban was once American 'aides' but I never really wondered why they would want to hurt thier 'guardian angels. This movie has put one possible reason for us to think about.... will we have another Sam's war a few years down the road with the Iraqis perspective? Will we really get to know the real reason why Iraq was 'rescued'? You can't help but wonder....

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