Jonah Goldberg, you know, the wingnut blogger who embarrassed himself losing a bet to a professor when he offered that Iraq would quiet and safe by this time, is so desperate to make his backing of the war fruitful, that has graced the far back pages of USA Today with nothing left to attack than anti- war films.
His claim? If the film doesn't make a lot of money, that means anti war sentiment must also be down. Of course, as you might guess, Goldberg who himself is blogging his way to freedom as opposed to serving, says these films certainly attack the soldiers.
To be sure, many of these films don't attack the troops directly. Some are thoughtful in their critiques, others less so. Regardless, this is still uncharted territory. "These movies certainly are more willing to be critical of the military and misconduct of individual soldiers. Certainly no such feature was made like these during ... the Vietnam War," Charles Ferguson, a political scientist and creator of the anti-Iraq war documentary, No End In Sight, recently told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Like lots of wiungnuts who are for the war, he's grasping st straws trying to prove that Hollywood is out of touch with America as evinced by the blistering fury with which these films are being made.
Second, Americans may not be as passionately opposed to the war as the polls have led Hollywood to believe. Left-wing bloggers, hyper-rich Democratic donors and anti-war activists hate the war with biblical fury. But many average Americans are depressed by the war because, until recently, it was going so badly. The polls don't capture this distinction very well.
Hate to wake you Jonah, but even the pro war abcnews disagrees. Oh yeah, a majority of Americans disagree with you too.
Views on Iraq Unchanged Despite Better Casualty Reports
Reports of fewer casualties in Iraq haven't altered most Americans' perceptions of the war: Fifty-nine percent still don't think the United States is making significant progress restoring civil order there, and a record six in 10 want the level of U.S. forces reduced.
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Please somebody get him in a flak jacket and send him patrolling the street of Iraq so this asshat can see what he’s rooting for.
Hollywood has been churning out anti-war movies at a blistering pace of late, with more to come. We've already had Rendition, a tendentious, plodding assault on the war on terror, seemingly as-told-to by the ACLU, starring Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl Streep and Jake Gyllenhaal. There's the meandering In the Valley of Elah, written and directed by Paul Haggis, about a family dealing with a cover-up of their soldier-son's death in an unnecessary war. The Kingdom, more exciting than most, deals with an FBI team's attempt to investigate a terrorist attack on Americans in Saudi Arabia. Its anti-war credentials come from suggesting that the sworn lawmen (and women) investigating the slaughter of families playing softball are no better than the murderers.
There you have it. You’re against the war, then you hate average Americans. I bet it just sits in his gut that his war is going to badly. He ants to believe that that’s the only reason
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So this is the deal. Hollywood is far more in touch with the majority of Americans than Jonah Goldberg. If you support this war, it's you who is out of touch.
By the way, Hollywood boxoffice receipts mean nothing. the opneing day game is only a fraction of the total amount of money a film makes. In general Hmovie going is down. Why not? My wife and I would rather wait two months for the DVD and watch it at home in comfort.
That is no indication of a weak anti war sentiment.