Acclaimed documentary film director Robert Greenwald is currently finishing up a new documentary about the war in Afghanistan. The basic message is that pursuing a military solution in Afghanistan is not working and won’t work, and should be abandoned.
One reason for releasing the film now is that the Obama administration is preparing a “troop surge” in Afghanistan. Among other things, the film points out that even with the “surge”, the troop levels will be far below the half a million troops that the Soviets deployed, which as we all know failed to defeat the Afghan insurgents.
Greenwald is releasing a preliminary version of the film in several parts — four so far, with a fifth due to be released soon. Trailers and the complete segments can be viewed online at the film’s website: RethinkAfghanistan.com.
The released segments:
- Part 1: what military escalation will achieve in Afghanistan.
- Part 2: how the war could further destabilize a nuclear-armed Pakistan
- Part 3: the staggering costs of the war, which could easily exceed $1 trillion.
- Part 4: civilian casualties
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June 20, 2009 at 8:25 am |
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK JEFF, FOR THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER OF US.
I’M ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP ON OBAMA, FOR GOOD REASONS.
SO, AS ALWAYS, IT WILL BE UP TO US TO BE THE LOYAL OPPOSITION.
APPARENTLY HOWARD ZINN IS RIGHT, WE HAVE NO REPRESENTATIVES IN DC
FRANK