only the dead see the end of war HBO

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by scottw

reviewed at Salon the other day....

MONDAY, MAR 28, 2016 06:57 PM EDT

Michael Ware’s Iraq War doc doesn’t hold up: “Only The Dead See The End Of War” captures the horror and confusion, but skimps on analysis

The Time and CNN war correspondent's disconnected HBO documentary could have been a nonfictional “The Hurt Locker”

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So you did't watch it ...

[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

So you did't watch it ...

no plans to based on the reviews ......and I don't like violence....

VARIETY
MARCH 24, 2016

If a picture is worth a thousand words, it takes an awful lot of pictures – grisly, horrific ones – to drown out the banality of the verbiage in “Only the Dead See the End of War,” Michael Ware’s video memoir of his seven years covering the conflict in Iraq. The Australian journalist’s heavy-handed narration is frequently groan inducing...........Yet while watching it is no picnic due to the graphic nature of what’s on screen, “Only the Dead See the End of War” ultimately proves harder on the ears than it is on the eyes.

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by scottw

no plans to based on the reviews ......and I don't like violence....

VARIETY
MARCH 24, 2016

If a picture is worth a thousand words, it takes an awful lot of pictures – grisly, horrific ones – to drown out the banality of the verbiage in “Only the Dead See the End of War,” Michael Ware’s video memoir of his seven years covering the conflict in Iraq. The Australian journalist’s heavy-handed narration is frequently groan inducing...........Yet while watching it is no picnic due to the graphic nature of what’s on screen, “Only the Dead See the End of War” ultimately proves harder on the ears than it is on the eyes.

I can respect not wanting to see it due to the violence..


It Seems Variety thinks war shouldn't been shown for what it is horrific ,and they complain about the banality of the verbiage ??

I think they missed the point .. thats my 2 cents

[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

I think they missed the point .. thats my 2 cents

they were probably reviewing it as a movie rather than as a political statement

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by scottw

they were probably reviewing it as a movie rather than as a political statement

There was no political statement made at any point .. by anyone ...

not sure why you would think there was one ?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

There was no political statement made at any point .. by anyone ...

not sure why you would think there was one ?

"and debunks the narrative that Iraq was ever as stable as some would have us believe"

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by scottw

"and debunks the narrative that Iraq was ever as stable as some would have us believe"

That was my statement.. All the Documentary does is support what I have expressed that Iraq was never Stable and All the Obama haters on one hand love to claim Iraq was stable ... but because He pulled us out it it magical became unstable and created the ISIS problem... you cant have it both ways , the Documentary just shows what politicians wont say .. that stability was manufactured... The boots on the ground would not share the narrative that Iraq was stable

So we shouldn't have pulled out because it was still a smoldering fire or was the fire out .. The reality remains it the Iraqis country

below is from politifact on the topic

the sources of instability are fundamentally political."

Remember that the country was considered relatively stable in 2011; ISIS elements existed prior to that, but largely formed into the force it is today after American troops left -- and mostly in Syria at first.

" Then the pushed east from Syria into Anbar my statement "


Obama inherited a timeline to exit Iraq from George W. Bush and followed it

"They said that the Iraqi government was too weak, and unwilling to go against the wishes of those Iraqis who wanted the Americans to leave,"


http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...0000-troops-i/

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by scottw

no plans to based on the reviews ......and I don't like violence....

VARIETY
MARCH 24, 2016

If a picture is worth a thousand words, it takes an awful lot of pictures – grisly, horrific ones – to drown out the banality of the verbiage in “Only the Dead See the End of War,” Michael Ware’s video memoir of his seven years covering the conflict in Iraq. The Australian journalist’s heavy-handed narration is frequently groan inducing...........Yet while watching it is no picnic due to the graphic nature of what’s on screen, “Only the Dead See the End of War” ultimately proves harder on the ears than it is on the eyes.

You are trusting Salon and Variety for reviews?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

You are trusting Salon and Variety for reviews?

sure...you listen to Rush Limbaugh don't you?