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TV REVIEW - Generation Kill and the reality of war![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Workers Solidarity 105 we reviewed David Simon's 'The Wire'. His follow on project 'Generation Kill' which features some of the same actors is a 7 episode series following the United States Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the invasion of Iraq . It's based on the book published by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright. Apparently the series is pretty true to events in the book and this is probably part of the reason why it hasn't received the popular acclaim ‘The Wire’ did. There are no big stories beyond the backdrop of the invasion of Iraq itself. As in the real war, while Iraq's both military and civilians are slaughtered in large numbers the marines suffer almost no casualties. Their story is long hours of boredom as they drive through Iraq, broken by occasional firefights against an enemy they massively out equip and out train. This article is from the forthcoming print edition of Workers Solidarity 107, this is it's first online publication. You can find back issues of Workers Solidarity online at http://www.wsm.ie/ws |
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Jump To Comment: 1Apparently your so-called 'review' is no more than an unquestioning regurgitation of pathetic Pentagon PR-whitewash which works hard to exculpate their legions of bloody sadistic murderers and warcriminal bootboys - as such this tripe is sub-par even for the 'Irish Independent', never mind worthy of publication in an alleged 'Anarchist' zine.
When can we expect the next exciting installment, Andrew, where you inform us about the unfortunate 'mistakes' made by the oh-so 'human' SS in exterminating the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance?
As in: "Like Duh, Bawb, Ah've been a-usin' Napalm rounds on them thar sand-niggas all mawnin', whereas the Sarge told me to use only the Depleted Uranium shells which General Atomics Waste Disposal Inc. has on special offer?!? Aw Gawddammnit! Hopes Ah don't get busted to barracks, what'll throw mah high-score kill quotient in the Squad for at least a week. Oh SweetJeeses, please help me keep the high-score this month and win that porn video, Amen!"
Why-oh-why not just call your rag "Solidarity with Uniformed Workers who Butcher Innocents" and have done with it?
Or how about "Worker's Sodomy", that's got a pretty snappy ring to it and will undoubtedly earn you a gazillion further 'brownie points' with the Master Race.
Meantime, don't you have anything better to do than soak up agitprop from TV? Cheers.
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