December 3, 2013
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As far as I can tell, this film has been banned in the USA.
Since when does a free and democratic society ban films? I have seen with my
own eyes how it disappears from websites every time it gets posted. I know of
one where it was posted twice on the same page. On one of the posts it says
deleted by Vimeo. On the other it says film does not exist.
Yet it should be the responsibility of every American to see this film. As Americans you really need
to ask why is someone making it so hard for you to see it? There are many
answers, but I will give you the one that first comes to mind.
Scott Ritter was the UN weapons inspector that everyone saw in those reports about
IRAQ not allowing the UN weapon's inspector to do his job before the US ever
invaded that country. If you recall, that was one of the main reasons the Bush
admin gave for justifying the invasion of Iraq. It was front page news at the
time.
But here in this film you see Scott Ritter clearly in focus, freely and
willingly, admitting that no one ever stopped him from doing his job.The War You Don’t See
John Pilger’s “The War You Don’t See,” originally released in 2011, is a timely investigation into the media’s role in war, which begs the question: “how much of what we see on television is the truth?” During World War One, for instance, 16 million died and 21 million were wounded. But the gruesome images of disfigured spirit-less bodies that had been disrespectfully thrown about by the angry force of explosives, were conveniently kept from the public. Instead people flocked to the theaters to watch war reports in which thousands of young soldiers waved happily as they marched by, and others played with stray dogs. And so people believed that war was not so bad. They believed that the “friendly” images they had seen were accurate. The reality was entirely different, though. In fact, the British Prime Minister at the time, David Lloyd George stated during a private interview that “if people really knew the truth, the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don’t and can’t know.”
This documentary traces the history of news reporting from the massacre known as World War One to the annihilation of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the present war in Afghanistan and the disaster in Iraq. As weapons and war propaganda become even more refined, journalists take on a crucial role and civilians are victimized. But who is the real enemy?
In the words of John Pilger: “We journalists… have to be brave enough to defy those who seek our collusion in selling their latest bloody adventure in someone else’s country… That means always challenging the official story, however patriotic that story may appear, however seductive and insidious it is. For propaganda relies on us in the media to aim its deceptions, not at a faraway country, but at you at home… In this age of endless imperial war, the lives of countless men, women and children depend on the truth or their blood is on us… Those whose job it is to keep the record straight ought to be the voice of people, not power.”
Since when does a free and democratic society ban films? I have seen with my
own eyes how it disappears from websites every time it gets posted. I know of
one where it was posted twice on the same page. On one of the posts it says
deleted by Vimeo. On the other it says film does not exist.
Yet it should be the responsibility of every American to see this film. As Americans you really need
to ask why is someone making it so hard for you to see it? There are many
answers, but I will give you the one that first comes to mind.
Scott Ritter was the UN weapons inspector that everyone saw in those reports about
IRAQ not allowing the UN weapon's inspector to do his job before the US ever
invaded that country. If you recall, that was one of the main reasons the Bush
admin gave for justifying the invasion of Iraq. It was front page news at the
time.
But here in this film you see Scott Ritter clearly in focus, freely and
willingly, admitting that no one ever stopped him from doing his job.The War You Don’t See
John Pilger’s “The War You Don’t See,” originally released in 2011, is a timely investigation into the media’s role in war, which begs the question: “how much of what we see on television is the truth?” During World War One, for instance, 16 million died and 21 million were wounded. But the gruesome images of disfigured spirit-less bodies that had been disrespectfully thrown about by the angry force of explosives, were conveniently kept from the public. Instead people flocked to the theaters to watch war reports in which thousands of young soldiers waved happily as they marched by, and others played with stray dogs. And so people believed that war was not so bad. They believed that the “friendly” images they had seen were accurate. The reality was entirely different, though. In fact, the British Prime Minister at the time, David Lloyd George stated during a private interview that “if people really knew the truth, the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don’t and can’t know.”
This documentary traces the history of news reporting from the massacre known as World War One to the annihilation of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the present war in Afghanistan and the disaster in Iraq. As weapons and war propaganda become even more refined, journalists take on a crucial role and civilians are victimized. But who is the real enemy?
In the words of John Pilger: “We journalists… have to be brave enough to defy those who seek our collusion in selling their latest bloody adventure in someone else’s country… That means always challenging the official story, however patriotic that story may appear, however seductive and insidious it is. For propaganda relies on us in the media to aim its deceptions, not at a faraway country, but at you at home… In this age of endless imperial war, the lives of countless men, women and children depend on the truth or their blood is on us… Those whose job it is to keep the record straight ought to be the voice of people, not power.”
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ed_1386048003#HWACK4yf3EEWGsEY.99
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