"Dirty Wars" (2013)

[ryoder 1,590]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2532528/

Available on Amazon, iTunes, Netflix.
A must see.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[Kennedy 0]

I haven't read this one or seen the movie, but if it's anything like Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, then it should be filed under fiction rather than documentary.

I read Blackwater, and the history at the beginning was pretty accurate and actually included a few things I didn't know. After he went from history to "modern day" ops of Iraq and his own political rants and demagoguery, it gets unreadable. I forced myself to finish it only because I promised I would. It was terrible.

I'll give Scahill props for excellent investigative skills (credit for exposing the Somali-NSA run CIA funded prison in Mogadishu), but his journalism is almost always slanted beyond reason. Honestly, I don't seen winning the Alternet best book of the year award as an honor. The guy worked with Michael Moore on Moore's television show. He got his start with Democracy Now! The guy is a progressive true believer and crusader.

I'll take a look at the book, but I don't have high hopes, and not being masochistic, I don't promise to finish it.

witty subliminal message
Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
1*

[Kennedy 0]

For the side of the story Scahill wouldn't give you, consider going through something like Civilian Warriors. Or try talking to people who have worked and trained with Blackwater. Or the people they protected. Or the folks who relied on them for food and other consumables in the desert. Or the police officers who credit their survival to training provided by Blackwater or instructors trained by them.

witty subliminal message
Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
1*