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Fahrenheit 9/11
My friend is very keen on conspiracies and political intrigue, so although I'd avoided any reviews of this documentary, I'd pretty much heard the main premise : The Twin Towers are bombed on 9/11, then Bush does a half-hearted invasion of Afghanistan to appease the public, then moves onto Iraq and Saddam. The leap to invading Iraq is supported by breeding fear into the hearts of Americans and making up things about Iraq having WMD. In the background is the Bush family's links to Bin Laden and Saudi businessmen, and a host of congressmen who have business interests in the oil fields of Iraq. If we are to believe Moore's accusations, Bush is a nutter. If we are to distrust Moore, Bush is still a very stupid guy who is in charge of the most powerful country in the world and that accounts to the same really!
F 9/11 has some very disturbing images of the wounded in Iraq. And as a piece of anti-war propaganda, it certainly does its job. Some of the most disturbing images are of young Americans talking about "being pumped up" listening to their hard rock cds whilst bombing Iraq, as if war really is just a game. I didn't feel any anger towards them but rather towards....I dunno. I doubt it's Bush who has any real power after all. Maybe just towards the idea that any war can serve any purpose at all. They should have got Jack Bauer in there to assasinate Saddam and saved all the rest of the country from being ravaged by bombs.
F 9/11 does get lost in pure propaganda though quite often. Scenes of people all free and happy before the war are a little tough to swallow. I don't think he should have made out that life in Iraq was all roses before the invasion, because when he does so, it makes it just a little bit harder to believe what he says later on.
But all in all, I think he casts extreme doubt on the morality of Bush's motives for invading Iraq, and unearths the rife corruption that exists at the heart of the world's most powerful nation. And that's scary!
posted by PA on Saturday, August 28, 2004
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