Rambo Trivia
Did you know that the third Rambo movie (the one where he single handedly saves Afghanistan from the Russians) is dedicated to "The brave and valiant freedom fighters of Afghanistan"?
I should point out that at the time these brave and valiant freedom fighters included America's most wanted Osama Bin Laden and the now evil Taliban regime. So lets get this straight when Osama and the Taliban were saving their homeland from big, bad Russia they were freedom fighters, poor farmers defending their country and now that the US has decided to take over the world starting with Afghanistan and Iraq these same people are now terrorists? Villains? Militants? Religious fundamentalists?
Now don't get me wrong I in no way support the ideals of the Taliban and other oppressive regimes, but I do wish to understand the one time, short-sighted support of such militant and extremist groups. I do wish to call attention to the fact that the Unites States is in fact fighting the very terrorists it created, funded and lent support to. A classic case of the dog biting the hand that fed it.
There was a joke being made back when some naive people still believed Bush and his buddies were really looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, it went something like this "Of course we know he (Saddam) has 'em...we have all the receipts."
Once again I sit here is disgust at what we, the world community, has allowed to happen in the last years. It is not only the evil of the superpower, but the weakness of man in this terrible age of war.
I should point out that at the time these brave and valiant freedom fighters included America's most wanted Osama Bin Laden and the now evil Taliban regime. So lets get this straight when Osama and the Taliban were saving their homeland from big, bad Russia they were freedom fighters, poor farmers defending their country and now that the US has decided to take over the world starting with Afghanistan and Iraq these same people are now terrorists? Villains? Militants? Religious fundamentalists?
Now don't get me wrong I in no way support the ideals of the Taliban and other oppressive regimes, but I do wish to understand the one time, short-sighted support of such militant and extremist groups. I do wish to call attention to the fact that the Unites States is in fact fighting the very terrorists it created, funded and lent support to. A classic case of the dog biting the hand that fed it.
There was a joke being made back when some naive people still believed Bush and his buddies were really looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, it went something like this "Of course we know he (Saddam) has 'em...we have all the receipts."
Once again I sit here is disgust at what we, the world community, has allowed to happen in the last years. It is not only the evil of the superpower, but the weakness of man in this terrible age of war.
posted by Mashal Peerzada @ 6:23 PM
3 Comments:
At 8:08 PM,
The Artsaypunk said…
Ha. I saw the last five minutes of Rambo III on TV just the other day. I've never seen the whole film, but I saw the dedication. I even thought about writing about it, but you've beaten me to it. Good show.
At 9:14 PM,
Mashal Peerzada said…
Ha ha, oh well you kind of beat me to writing about the danger of over eager relief workers.
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