Oh what a tangled, wicked web we have woven in the Middle East! (And now North Africa.) I wonder if there will ever be a time when we are not involved so intrinsically in this region.
Of all the elements presented about this film (the complexity of the man-hunt, the valor of the Navy Seals, etc.), the one 'elephant in the room' not talked about is all the nasty shades of grey we have cloaked this involvement in. We are no longer the good guys, or the bad guys, but both. And the same can be said for the natives of the Middle East. So much pain and suffering we have all caused.. and for what?
How did we get drawn into this? I'm sure there is more to it than the passages of history. And how will we ever free ourselves from this knot? Will we ever?
It's an ugly, inglorious period in America's saga. And we've had so many already!
This is a powerful film because of the questions it asks, and answers. As Americans we should be uncomfortable with both.
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