'Three Kings'

This is one of the most powerful films I have seen in a long, long time.

There's nobody that tries to maintain some sort of clarity regarding my country and its exploits around the world for the past 300+ years more than me. If war was so awesome, so clear cut, then it would happen a lot more than it actually does. If determining good from bad meant just seeing who was dressed in black, then it'd be simpler. But it's not and never is.

America has had some shitty leadership over the years and there has been a steady and sure set of events that have put the United States and the rest of the world in it's specific and current predicaments. There is little we can all do about the past. However, it is our and everyone else's duty to fight for what is right; to fight against what is wrong. It's as human as breathing. We had the responsibility to invade Iraq years ago ... not as oil-needy Americans, not as a first-world country, but as human beings. Frankly, it should've happened in the 1990s, but someone's father fucked it up then and ended up really screwing his own son. The situation in all kinds of places around the world is fucked up. But it's not less fucked up with Saddam Hussein gassing folks.

No country, no leader is perfect. Would I rather not have Paris Hilton be so looked up to, or have all the shitty reality TV, dumb movies and the inane luxuries? Certainly. But give me Paris Hilton any day of the week over 90 percent of the world. I'd bet there's a shitload of Iraqis who'd say the same.

See, told you it was a powerful film.