War Inc.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have to explain that have had a thing for John Cusack for about 25 yrs. He's not only amazingly good looking, he has an endearing charm, he's wickedly intelligent and he seems to have an old and true soul. Oh and he's from Chicago which makes him extra amazing! (My husband is from Chicago) So on to the film. War Inc. is a political satire of the war in Iraq, this administration, popular culture and capitalism in general. It's fucking great is what it is. I alternately laughed hysterically and cried in recognition and did both at the same time at some points. I took my eighty year old mother, well actually she took me :), and she liked it as well. She said she didn't get a lot of the references and she said she knew that because I laughed at a lot of things she didn't get. The beauty of satire is that it makes you laugh but it also brings awareness and in this case fury at what it is we as a country are doing. The next day I went on a walk with some old friends from high school (I'm home in so cal visiting for a month) and in a conversation about perspective etc. she mentioned a documentary that had interviews with Iraqis who said how much they appreciated all the US was doing for them. Well, I would normally have let that slide. I don't like confrontation and I try to choose my battles carefully. But this time it just bugged the hell out of me. How could anyone believe that? How could she truly think the idea of "liberation" is anything more than a powerful tool of propaganda??? I firmly stated that any showing of gratitude was certainly not to be denied but that there was no way in hell we were in this war for any reason other than profit. Not for the country but for the corporations. My point isn't to expound on my views of the war but to explain that the power of War Inc. was that it prevented me from keeping my mouth shut the next day when I normally would have. In fact I think I need to offer to take my two friends, who are intelligent, caring people by the way, to see this movie. I think everyone should see this movie. I sent out a bulletin on MySpace on the fourth to say that it was a patriotic duty to go see it.
Besides, Cusack is freakin' hot! :)