tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post7989982078218326992..comments2024-03-12T20:20:35.830-05:00Comments on Organizing Notes: Just a Harmless Movie?Bruce K. Gagnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-89434556053485688322015-01-22T22:33:10.921-05:002015-01-22T22:33:10.921-05:00*Waste the motherfuckers!” screamed across the scr...*Waste the motherfuckers!” screamed across the screen in the outrageous and hateful film “Rules of Engagement” (2000), and into the streets and neighborhoods of Fallujah in November 2004. The film is a Samuel L. Jackson military vehicle that celebrates US war crimes from Vietnam to the Middle East, the US slaughter of Muslim civilians, young children included, and Arab bloodletting in general. It is, of course, one film, among many, that prepares US audiences for real manifestations of US aggression and war crimes: torture, slaughter of civilians, children included, and Iraqi bloodletting, as was the case in the “wasting” of Fallujah.*<br /><br />https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/wasting-fallujah-by-scott-morris/denknoreply@blogger.com