Noam Chomsky - Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror?
by John Junkerman
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Actor: Noam ChomskyDirector: John Junkerman
Brand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 55 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Epitaph / Wea
Product features:
- DISTORTED MORALITY - AMERICA'S WAR ON TE (DVD MOVIE)
DVD Reviews of Noam Chomsky - Distorted Morality: America's War on Terror?
DVD Review: Intellectually Opinionated Insight Viewed At Centrist Angle
Summary: 4 Stars
I received this DVD special-ordered through the mail. I wanted to see some of the documentaries the media doesn't want to show me that address the Bush Administration's ficticious war, which I attended, me being a U.S. soldier, and I was in Iraq for well over a year. (I have to pay for it myself.) I already knew I disagreed with the war while I was there, but I always feel ready to consult the media about large social issues such as these. Of course, just because I felt the war was wrong doesn't lessen my opinion, unless my readers already made up their mind to hate those who want a liberal media, which does not exist. I call a person like this "NeoCon".
Some expect that, because I made up my mind, I can no longer ever be objective, but I disagree. I wanted others' opinions, but I also needed programs such as this one that show certain truths that don't always agree with what that administration wants me to believe. I am entitled to make up my own mind, form my own opinion, attach myself to whichever group I decide, and progress along my alternative track. I am allowed to conduct research on my own. If, during that research, I come upon a question, I have a right to vocalize that query in my own way, whatever way I deem fit and conceiveable to my personal thinking, which is my own and does not pattern after group thought.
Noam Chomsky probably feels similar to my description I expect, because, after watching this movie, I sense that this person behind the lectern speaking to the crowd for, what, 50 minutes?, maintained through simple argument, managed to address our government, including Clinton (sorry NeoCons, no ficticious bias for you to place blame to here) and our recent, I guess I could say, infatuations, with what that administration refers to as "War On Terror". This movie intellectually addresses just about the entire scope of that infatuation in broad form, and in such a way that the speaker's credibility backs up the argument.
I must confess I'd only heard the name, "Noam Chomsky", on the internet, but I didn't know who he was. Although I read a lot of the internet media, I can't imagine how I didn't know more before receiving the DVD. When I did receive it, I had no idea what I was in for. It was some conference room with a lectern in front, and a guy with white hair up there speaking.
Amazing how through all the arguing and ranting and Fox Network and CNN and other corporate News programs, and all the newspapers, all the Stars & Stripes newspapers I read while in Iraq, all the internet sites I'd been to and e-mails I received, that addressed all these different and important issues relating to what would turn out to form the opinion I did, how that single video of nothing more than a man in a classroom, I identified with by only listening. Almost, like I'd been mentally all over the place in limited space and time, a somewhat crazed sense, but that this man spoke to me. It seemed stronger in comparison to the rest of the noise I hear! Amazing how some people think they know so much about these political issues, which just seem to rally support for their team, as though it were a soccer game where we are all happy to take sides. This guy was not offensive in his speech, but his points seemingly poked large gaping holes through those fibers to effectively tell the truth about us humans, especially those in America. The "War On Terror" is a nonsensical war actually landing upon ourselves. If you quiet down and follow the speech, you might actually learn something, as I did. A moment of clarity? The speaker makes an argument I can't deny. It takes place in a classroom in front of students. He is probably right, and credibly backs up his thesis.
After I finished, I wondered about Chomsky's history, so I checked out his biography on the DVD. When I did that, I think I must've concluded he must be one of the smartest English-speaking men in the world, not because he had a long list of credits (which helped), but because he said something intelligent and made a relatively undeniable argument about something, and that is all, period.
I wish television stations would show documentaries like this one, because they are educational documentaries. But, in today's #X%&ed-up American consumer society, we only get popular conviction, and have omitted for us by the corporations for the wealth most proof that American politicians sometimes fail. Everyone makes mistakes, but Americans have a right to know because this American democratic country belongs to its citizens according to the Constitution and the Declaration Of Independence. Why do I rarely see journalists actually providing information disemination on the important social issues, and notably the infringements of the government from big business? Am I not allowed to help decide what kind of government we want? Aren't we tired of hating houseless people yet? I am a voter, you know.
But, because I'm a soldier who resides in Europe, I actually get the chance to witness another culture, and feel the culture. So few Americans actually step out of that prided American soil long enough to make a connection to something else; and, doesn't having a non-biased view make for better truth to sample it? For instance, why do Germans hesitate at violence, but never with putting out magazines on the bottom rack with naked people on the cover, in full view of even children? To me, this seems the way it should be. We are taught from birth that self-righteous violence is appropriate for handling situations, like we are afraid of being kind and that kindness is weakness. Murder and intimidation is good and practical when we Americans do it; we don't let others get away with it, even if it's retaliation for something we did? Could we be teaching ourselves that emotional closeness and caring feelings are bad for us? I believe Americans are taught that violence is okay; and, not from videogames, but from the person who has the ability to affect citizens the most: the President Of the United States. The fact of electing Bush this term, alone, says something about us; do you see? We live in a land where George Bush gets eight years of political speech, but Michael Moore gets trouble for asking, not forcing, two hours of a movie that no one has to buy a ticket to? In Germany, the vehicles aren't regulated as much as in America. You'd think maybe we'd have cleaner air, right?? No. You know why you cannot see the Hollywood sign in California from the city through the SMOG? It might be because our American Government deregulates mass corporate air polution; yet, they are more stricter on the regular average population. They like to enjoy forcing the regulations on average workers than to admit their corporate interest to television news stations. Preach jail-house rules to the masses, but freedoms to the large corporate businesses, when it comes to the regulations!
What good is peace, if by that peace we must be in a constant state of agression? Can we learn? If I signed up for eight years in the U.S. Army, can the citizenry of my land I fight for know no peace? What if the world knows Americans always vote against peace with the Palestinians, yet keep feeding attack helicopters and tanks to their opposition, even when, dare I say, that our friends commit acts of agression against Palestinians that would cause the Palestinians to hate them, and us for helping the terrorist acts of them, and all other countries in the world have deliberately overlooked those acts because it was an American Terror? What if the world knows we killed people in other countries without excuse, to aflict maximum casualties in public places where our incompetence or else deliberation missed our target? Are Americans terrorists? Have Americans committed to acts of war against other countries who were so afraid of us because they knew NATO and the UN would dismiss the thought because it was coming from America? Watch this DVD. Of course, as with any true liberal media, we may not be happy with what we hear. You won't hear it on Fox or CNN. In fact, will our future hold the kind of honesty in intellectual debate and opinion in this movie? Intellectual history, not history, but intellectual history, is what you will listen to for the next 50 minutes with this movie, if you care about terrorism as much as I do.
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