"Only the dead have seen the
End of war." Plato Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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directed by Ridley Scott Film
"Only the dead have seen the End of war." Plato
"Only the dead have seen the
End of war." Plato Somalia October 3, 1993: U.S. troops of Delta Squad and Army Rangers were stationed on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, led by General William Garrison. His mission was to kidnap Omar Salad, first political adviser and Abdi Hassan Awale, the interior minister. Both were directors of the leader Mohammed Farah Aidid, who was the population in famine conditions and speculation on international humanitarian aid.
The military plan was swift action they took about forty-five minutes but held a 18-hour battle ... which ended with the death of a thousand Somalis and eighteen U.S. soldiers, and defeat for America.
"The media report on casualties of the allies but not the Somalis." New York Times, December 8, 1993.
In 1999, writer Mark Bowden published the book "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War," which narrates the chronology of events in Somalia related to the October 1993 battle. The book was made into a film by Ridley Scott.
Black Hawk Down is a film directed by Ridley Scott. Who was born in South Shields, Northumberland, England. Raised in London, Cumbria, Wales and Germany, he returned to the northeast of England to live in Stockton-on-Tees studied at the Royal Academy of Arts. It was there that Scott made his first short film, Boy and a Bicycle, "starring his brother Tony.
In 2002, Scott was nominated for an Academy Award for its blockbuster "Black Hawk Down" (Black Hawk Down), who directed and produced with Bruckheimer Jerry. The film was praised by the representation of the U.S. military effort in 1993 took place in Somalia. His film was number 13, which earned four Oscar nominations: for Picture, Sound, Editing and course management. There is a good management of cameras, color, scenes and striking images that lead the viewer to experience the rawness that portrays through the pain only U.S. soldiers, giving the human touch. And as many chilling scenes brought to the drama and pain.
Unfortunately the data that the director is distorted by the reality they describe in their own way. Ridley Scott's film is accused of distorting reality. The application was published in the newspaper El ClarÃn, "There's always another look", Wednesday, March 27, 2002.
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2002/03/27/c-00301.htm
The film presents the U.S. mission carried out to eliminate two of the best combatenientes of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid as part of the strategy to quell the civil war and famine that was raging the African country. In the first minutes of shooting a U.S. soldier who just arrived in Somalia see a crowd of hungry massacred by Aidid's forces on October 2. In fact there is no record of such slaughter. According to the movie, U.S. soldiers were concerned about the welfare of women and children in Somalia. But in fact there is evidence that they committed many war crimes.
The assault force consisted of 19 helicopters, twelve vehicles and 160 men. During the operation, two UH-60 helicopters from the United States were hit and killed by rocket propelled grenades and three others were damaged. Some of the soldiers managed to evacuate the wounded to the base, showing a real interest in life, others were trapped in places where Helicopters dropped but were later rescued, showing a love of life. Then followed a battle in the streets of Mogadishu until the next morning, when he spoke a contingent of soldiers from Pakistan and Malaysia, along with U.S. soldiers. To the rescue, the joint force used about 60 vehicles, including tanks of Pakistan, Condor Vehicle personnel carriers in Malaysia, supported by AH-1 helicopters and UH-60. The joint force came to the place where the first helicopter crashed The Black Hawk was hit by enemy fire in the middle of Mogadishu, the Somali capital, managed to evacuate injured. The second site was razed and the only survivor, was Michael Durant, who was taken hostage. The result was the death of 18 soldiers and hundreds of Somali militiamen and civilians.
the film through its dramatic structure, presents a justification for U.S. intervention in Somalia, which supposedly came to save the people who were starving under the tyrant Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who intended to steal anything the hungry and killed his own people.
"black Hawk Down" seems "realistic" ... but in reality is a succession of lies. There are thousands of fierce fighting between Somali and commando units Rangers and U.S. Army Delta Force.
But the biggest lie of all is what it says about the causes and goals of the invasion, which receive only a brief mention at the outset. But that is enough to distort reality. A Marine paints them as heroes who fought with honor and save the lives of their comrades to the degree of nuance and connotation scenes courage. And thereby justify an unjust war. According to Robert B. Oakley, the "special envoy" to President Clinton for Somalia, and Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, commander of operations in Somalia, Somali twice wounded, and two thirds of them civilians and many children. During the invasion those facts were not mentioned nor seen in the film.
The epilogue of the film shows that the United States wins even in defeat, and we denote the ethics of the soldiers not to leave one fallen comrade, and a country that comes to Somalia to rescue a starving people . The movie came out just when America had just sent armed forces to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Yemen, Indonesia and other countries.
"And at the premiere was attended by Bush son, Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell, left the role very excited and proud. It is important to note that the U.S. embassy itself was located inside of a complex oil company Conoco. Also one of the heroes of the film, the soldier John Grimes, is actually John Stebbins, who is now serving a sentence of thirty years for raping a girl of twelve, and demanded that the Pentagon was disguised to avoid controversy.
"No mention that after the 1991 ouster of despotic puppet who ruled Somalia, Mohamed Barre Saiad, the big oil companies that benefited from his regime (Conoco, Chevron, Phillips and Amoco) were found in a country in chaos where their interests were at stake. Bush decided to send, under the pretext of humanitarian force to restore order and protect the interests of these corporations. " (Naief Yehya, War and Propaganda, pp. 180, 181)
It was also unknown in 1993, Clinton sent a special unit trained Rangers and murderers of the Delta Force at Fort Bragg for a clandestine operation, and in August sent Somalia. In the film, are ordinary soldiers, innocent young boys are going to save Somalis from starvation.
addition there were many bloody episodes, and abuse by U.S. soldiers, who were never investigated or taken into account. And the film makes a kind of end point, any doubt, introducing his soldiers as a true hero.
"We are almost off the fire, but a few embers still burning. If not extinguish, burn again and there will be more deaths, "President Clinton, in defense of the Rangers.
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