I've only watched 3 episodes so far but I came to it because it's written or directed by David Simon. I'm not sure how I feel about it so far, I've actually not seen a war film about Iraq like this. I mean, there's absolutely nothing valiant or anything about how grunts are depicted - in fact, a good portion of them are basically bloodthirsty psychopaths chomping at the bit to kill Iraqis. It is incredibly gruesome and bleak.
And yet, apparently this show best depicts what it was actually like to be there for the invasion.
I am curious as to how it was received or viewed by people who are non leftists though.
What do yall think of this show?
the only thing i remember, and i think about all the fucking time is the monologue one guy has about the gravity of the situation they're going into. something like "we're invading the cradle of civilisation"
and they did. and they stole the collective heritage of a third of this fucking planet, killed a million people, ruined a nation for decades (and more to come!) left toxic waste, all based on a lie. if we killed every single politician and official who enabled the second gulf war it'd be too lenient