My Op-Ed: From the very outset, American Sniper is unashamedly set up as pro-US, pro-war on terror propaganda. We are shown actual CNN footage of the second plane striking the North tower on 9/11. We see the buildings collapse. We then see Kyle and his squad celebrate the news that they’ve been deployed to Iraq. Again, here the inference is clear and intentional: to mimic the Bush administration’s pre-Iraq invasion propaganda, and in doing so, elevate Kyle by misleading the audience into believing Iraq had something to do with 9/11.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:41:09 +0000
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