20 February 2006

even the doctor - played by Gary Busey - is evil

Yesterday, thanks to BBC radio, I learned of a new Turkish movie that recreates some of the biggest missteps of American soldiers in Iraq. Valley of the Wolves Iraq tells the story of a Turkish soldier who commits suicide after being humiliated at the hands of American soldiers (based on a true event). Before the soldier kills himself he writes a letter to "a specially trained Turkish intelligence agent" who avenges his death. The BBC report compared the film to Rambo, which immediately made me laugh. I wonder if any of our helicopters are shot down with explosive-tipped arrows.

As if that wasn't enough, BBC failed to mention that Gary Busey plays a doctor at Abu Ghraib. I guess we can forget about taking this seriously.

But the best part of the report were the comments of people who had seen the film. A man walking out of the theater said that he was ready to kick some American ass (ok, he didn't actually say "I'm ready to kick some American ass", but that was the sentiment). BBC did some fantastic work by sending the reporter to a nearby Starbucks to get peoples' thoughts. Of course they all hated us. But at least they still liked the coffee.

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