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  • miz@lemmygrad.mltoLate Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.ml•That's militainment! Big Hollywood succumbs to the Pentagon Borg
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    4 months ago

    for real. “succumbs” is hilariously lib to the point of amnesia. The Green Berets came out in 1968!

    Let’s begin with the classic case of US military film propaganda. In The Green Berets, Western star John Wayne convinces sceptical news reporters that the Vietnam War is necessary and leads a team of Green Berets (US Special Forces) and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers on a successful mission to capture a top North Vietnamese field commander.

    During production of Green Berets, the DOD requested that the scriptwriter delete any mention of the soldiers entering Laos because it ‘raises sensitive questions.’ Presumably, these questions revolved around the fact that in the real world the US had been secretly bombing a neutral country for the past three years.
    In a scene that explains the purpose of the war at the start of the film, Francis Tully, Speech Review Staff for the Department of State, also suggested that the scriptwriters insert the following language:

    We do not see this as a civil war, and it is not. South Vietnam is an independent country, seeking to maintain its independence in the face of aggression by a neighbouring country. Our goal is to help the South Vietnamese retain their freedom, and to develop in the way they want to, without interference from outside the country.

    These lines do not appear in the final film, but Tully’s suggestion indicates that he hoped to simplify the war in Vietnam in a way that Americans could support, and this simplification occurs though in the final version of the scene, as military leaders explain to reporters that the war boils down to stopping ‘Communist domination of the world.’

    from National Security Cinema by Alford & Secker

  • miz@lemmygrad.mltoGenZedong@lemmygrad.ml•General Discussion Thread - Juche 113, Week 28
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    4 months ago

    ⚡️SUMMARY of Al-Qassam’s spokesperson, Abu Obeida:

    • We remind the world that the Al-Aqsa flood was not the beginning of the resistance work, but rather was the explosion in the face of the enemy’s crimes.

    • 9 months have passed since the start of Al-Aqsa Flood, and our people are still exposed to Zionist-American aggression and genocide.

    • 9 months have passed and our resistance is not tired, and we are still resisting without external support of weapons and supplies, and our people are still steadfast without food or medicine.

    • The crimes of the occupation culminated in systematic cleansing and extermination in the West Bank, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip.

    • The occupation army uses civilians as human shields, bombs homes, and invades hospitals.

    • Independent opinion polls show, after months of aggression, how our people are rallying behind their resistance.

    • Our fighters are fighting the enemy with a great fighting spirit, as if they were in the time of the Companions [reference to The Prophet (pbuh)]

    • Throughout the war, all of our 24 battalions fought from the farthest part of Beit Hanoun to Rafah, and the performance of our resistance fighters improved every time.

    • The world saw through the enemy’s crimes in Gaza the lies of international organizations and the alleged impotence of human rights laws.

    • There is no place in Gaza for forces holed up in homes like thieves, nor for officers hiding behind armored vehicles.

    • We presented righteous martyrs, soldiers and leaders at all levels, but the flag will not fall and will not fall.

    • The battle of Rafah, which has been ongoing for about 2 months, and what is happening in Shuja’iya and the northern and central Gaza Strip is the greatest evidence of the strength of our resistance and the failure of the enemy.

    • The Netzarim axis will be the axis of terror, God willing.

    • We confirm that the Al-Qassam’s capabilities are very well in tact, with God’s help, and that we were able to recruit thousands of new fighters during the war.

    • The ability of our fighters to fight and withstand has become greater and greater, and the fire of revenge that the enemy has ignited is enough to burn him and destroy all his plans.

    • (‼️) What happened on October 7 will be insignificant compared to what we will reveal in due time.

    • All Netanyahu is doing is trying to escape the failure that will haunt him throughout his life.

    • A due tribute to Hezbollah, the Palestinian Resistance factions in Lebanon, AnsarAllah in Yemen, and the Iraqi resistance.

    • The response of our people in the lands of 1948 to what they are exposed to is coming inevitably and at the hands of our heroic people.

    • We are still keen to stop the aggression, and we are with you and for you.

    • We have documents that we will reveal at the appropriate time and will show how we carried out a complex strategic deception of the Shin Bet and the enemy’s security system.

    • Expelling an ambassador or severing ties with an enemy that is exterminating Arab Muslim people has become a dream for a great nation that has dominated the nations of the earth for centuries.

    think there might have been some translation issues with the last bullet point, I can’t quite parse it.