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No End In Sight 10/10
A must see. A look at the insiders involved in the Iraq War. Doesn't matter what your political views are, the facts don't lie, the actions or inaction by the major players are revealed, and after watching this documentary you'll begin to understand why countries in the Middle East describe the USA as the Great Satan.Comment
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I watched a film about a pig that could talk.Comment
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara 10/10
Observation of modern warfare, narrated with interviews and conversations with former Presidents with Former US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara(passed away 2009). He shares wisdom in hindsight of the wars he was involved in and decisions by the President's involved.
1. Empathize with your enemy
2. Rationality will not save us
3. There's something beyond one's self
4. Maximize efficiency
5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war
6. Get the data
7. Belief and seeing are often both wrong
8. Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning
9. In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
10.Never say never
11. You can't change human nature
The human race will not eliminate war in this century, but we can reduce the brutality of war—the level of killing—by adhering to the principles of a "Just War," in particular to the principle of "proportionality."
The indefinite combinations of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.
We [the U.S.A.] are the most powerful nation in the world—economically, politically, and militarily—and we are likely to remain so for decades ahead. But we are not omniscient. If we cannot persuade other nations with similar interests and similar values of the merits of the proposed use of that power, we should not proceed unilaterally except in the unlikely requirement to defend directly the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
Moral principles are often ambiguous guides to foreign policy and defense policy, but surely we can agree that we should establish as a major goal of U.S. foreign policy and, indeed, of foreign policy across the globe: the avoidance, in this century of the carnage—160 million dead—caused by conflict in the 20th century.
We, the richest nation in the world, have failed in our responsibility to our own poor and to the disadvantaged across the world to help them advance their welfare in the most fundamental terms of nutrition, literacy, health and employment.
Corporate executives must recognize there is no contradiction between a soft heart and a hard head. Of course, they have responsibilities to stockholders, but they also have responsibilities to their employees, their customers and to society as a whole.
President Kennedy believed a primary responsibility of a president—indeed the primary responsibility of a president—is to keep the nation out of war, if at all possible.
War is a blunt instrument by which to settle disputes between or within nations, and economic sanctions are rarely effective.
Therefore, we should build a system of jurisprudence based on the International Court—that the U.S. has refused to support—which would hold individuals responsible for crimes against humanity.
If we are to deal effectively with terrorists across the globe, we must develop a sense of empathy—I don't mean "sympathy," but rather "understanding"—to counter their attacks on us and the Western World.
One of the greatest dangers we face today is the risk that terrorists will obtain access to weapons of mass destruction as a result of the breakdown of the Non-Proliferation Regime. We in the U.S. are contributing to that breakdown.Comment
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Just saw Gran Torino must say that movie was friggan great, for a guy in his 70's (Clint Eastwood) he portrayed on bad as* mofo as he always does. Great Movie although wish the ending had a bit more action.
Rocco Rating 8.5 out of 10Comment
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Crossroads "1986" not the Brittany Spears Crossroads movie
If your into music stories and some history of the blues music this is the movie for you.
Basically it's a young guitar prodigy looking for Robert Johnson's lost song and he find an old friend of Roberts and befriends him breaking him out of a maximum security Nursing Home only to finally begin to live the blues working his way with his new friend from New York to the Crossroads in Mississippi all the while learning what it means to be a true blues man. Great music and even better last scene (Stevie Vai and Ry Cooter do the music)
Rocco Rating 8 out of 10Comment
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man...I don't get what certain people saw in that movie, I thought it sucked. The acting sucked more.Originally posted by rocco1252 View PostComment
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I liked the storyline, there wasnt much action but as clint eastwood always does hes just a badas* and made the movie what it was.Originally posted by D.I.E.S.E.L View Post
To me it just shows how people arent what others may think they are (stereotypes) especially when it's an old man set in his ways, he is taught that it's not always true and people can change. More so an inspirational movie I think than a great action packed Eastwood movie.Comment
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Great movie!!! I liked the Jacket more than the Pianist. It's pretty underrated imo.Originally posted by -The Glove- View PostComment
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