You miss the blatant racism of the Left, which views all “brown”
people as morally equal. You know, racism of the “they all look the
same” variety, except that they claim to be on “their” side. In this
movie, was it not obvious that not all Afghans liked the Taliban? If
anyone recalls the initial history of the war, we took over the country
with very few troops. We used Special Operations folks to provide
organization, logistical support, and air power, and the Afghans
THEMSELVES did most of the rest. Most of them HATED the Taliban.
Within this movie, you have Afghan Good Guys, and Afghan Bad Guys.
They were quite clearly marked, and one could only miss this with
determined stupidity, and, as I said, blatant and ugly racism.
It was the same in Vietnam. We fought WITH the “yellow man” too. We
fought and died next to them, supporting them, helping them fend off
sociopathic murderers and sadists.
But the Left rejects human decency in principle. This point is subtle
and hard to understand for psychologically normal people, particularly
since they use the RHETORIC of decency. All the critics of this movie
implied they cared about human suffering, that it bothered them, that
they wanted “good” to prevail, and simply rejected American tactics.
This is nothing remotely close to the actual situation. The actual
situation is that they no longer believe there is a difference between
good and evil, and that power is the sole good, and that the point of
speaking at all is to support members of their tribe who seek power. If
supporting war gets votes for Democrats, they argue for it. If
opposing war gets votes for Democrats they oppose it. Conformity is
their only true value.
I deal with this issue within the context of the Vietnam War at length here: http://www.goodnessmovement.co…
Just click on the Fabian Window to reach the treatise/essay/piece.