For every conditioned mind that adheres to the state, there is another that identifies with anti-authoritarian films such as these–all of which were massive box office successes. Programs for Troubled Vets Don’t Work, So How About Ending War? The public support for Kyle’s actions and attitudes reveal how racial prejudices are manipulated in times of war. I took great pleasure the killing of barbarians. Medical sciences were also highly developed in Islam as testified by the Crusaders, who relied on Arab doctors on numerous occasions. References of “sullen peoples” as “half devil and half-child” fall in line with the stereotypes depicting people in undeveloped parts of the world as “savages.” Kipling writes that it is the duty, nay the “burden,” of white men from “civilized nations” to bring the Filipinos up from their “lowly” status. “The boys are getting sick of fighting these heathens,” writes Tom Crandall of the Nebraska Regiment (1899), “and all say we volunteered to fight Spain, not heathens. forces. The terms “savages” and “heathens” are used in many of the letters published by the Anti-Imperialist League, reflecting the hostility of troops sent over to the Philippines between 1898 and 1905. Yes, their “enemies”, people of other races, who were “vilified” by being characterized as sub-human. America=Good, Islam=Bad. Thanks for helping to explain for us why the US still maintains military bases in Germany and Japan, as well as many other countries around the globe. for that. © 2020 Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. Support our award-winning coverage of advances in science & technology. Subscribers get more award-winning coverage of advances in science & technology. I think race is a method of which these groups facilitate The views expressed are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily those of Scientific American. Take Minority Report, the Bourne Identity, the Matrix, V for Vendetta and the recent, huge success of The Hunger Games. Can anyone think of a country since WWII that the US has invaded, effected regime change, and to which has actually brought democracy, and not chaos or another brutal dictator? As in Sniper, the message is that in war, we must do terrible things, like killing kids, and the sooner we accept this truth, the better. ideologies. A belief, in the US today, that is far more fact than fiction.”. It’s called justice. American imperialism is a little bit hollow. It portrays the horrors of war and shows that although war should be a last resort it is often a necessary resort. Their patriotism is wearing off. This resistance can be overcome by various means, including intense training—the kind undergone by Navy SEALs such as Chris Kyle—and propaganda that extols the soldiers' cause and vilifies the enemy. No doubt, this latest installment of war propaganda was reviewed by military officials before it was filmed and released. Are war crimes caused by bad apples or bad barrels?". His books include The End of Science, The End of War and Mind-Body Problems, available for free at mindbodyproblems.com. The Filipinos were often called “Pacific Negroes” or simply “n***ers.” Journalist H.L. American Sniper is a true story of an American hero who recognizes the distinction between good and evil. A poster for the film American Sniper directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper in the title role. This is not truth, of course, it's repulsive pro-war propaganda. Although the book has been placed under scrutiny by various journalists for its factual accuracy (or lack thereof), it provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a soldier that is quite similar to many others who served in the American military in the Middle East. ], Clint Eastwood's film glorifies American soldiers and demonizes Iraqis with cartoonish simple-mindedness. They believed that the Anglo-Saxon race was superior to all others and its strongest disciples had every right to inherit the world through conquest. U.S. coalition forces killed at least 1,201 children in Iraq between 2003 and 2011. But why is the propaganda so effective? If we Americans can learn to resist this kind of loathsome pro-war propaganda—whether coming from filmmakers, media or politicians—world peace might be possible. How can we possibly be the good guys if our soldiers kill innocent civilians, even kids? As scholars such as John Mueller, Joshua Goldstein and Pinker have documented, annual war casualties have plummeted by almost two orders of magnitude since the end of World War II. Arabs=Savages. attempt to understand their causes and identify solutions? The propaganda is so effective that anyone who criticizes the most recent glorification of the war machine is labeled an American-hating, Muslim-loving pussy. It portrays the killing of children by American soldiers as what it truly is: an atrocity, an abomination, that should fill us with shame, and make us vow, "Never again.". You don’t think America has imperialist ambitions? “I hate the damn savages,” he writes. of the American public. Here it is: If the urge to wage war were embedded deep in our genes, we wouldn't need films like American Sniper to persuade ourselves that our wars are just. Instead of blaming their leaders for betraying their trust and sending them to other countries based on false pretenses, they are often desperate enough to blame civilians of occupied nations for why they are there. I try to inoculate my students against the militarism of our culture by exposing them to antiwar films, such as the great 1974 Vietnam War documentary Hearts and Minds. Data from World War II, the American Civil War and other conflicts, he contends, reveal that many soldiers avoid firing their weapons in battle. We can also thank them for algebra, algorithms, alchemy (the early seed of what would later become chemistry,) advances in astronomy and mathematics, the development of the astrolabe, charting and navigational instruments, geometry, spherical trigonometry, optical sciences. If I’ve ever read a more illusion — lacking fact — article, this is right up among the most hallucinate ones. One of the reasons it is so effective at this, however, is that it has the full support of the American government. I am grateful for their sacrifices. In another letter from the Spanish-American War pamphlet, signed by General Reeve: “I deprecate this war, this slaughter of our own boys and of the Filipinos, because it seems to me that we are doing something that is contrary to our principles in the past. This seems evident in Kyle’s writings and those belonging to other soldiers. The most intriguing justification for the film is its sympathetic portrayal of soldiers suffering the trauma of war, a problem that has been ignored for too long. They will be fighting four hundred years, and then never whip these people, for there are not enough of us to follow them up…The people of the United States ought to raise a howl and have us sent home.”. The epidemic of “yellow journalism” under the control of moguls like William Randolph Hearst was the equivalent of today’s 24-hour cable news networks in whipping up fear and hatred against the people of “enemy nations.” For Hearst, a war against Spain meant selling more newspapers and increasing his personal fortunes. No doubt, this latest installment of war propaganda was reviewed by military officials before it was filmed and released. Soldiers are trained to accept these perceptions as true, making their duties easier when confronted with violent situations. Postscript: Dave Grossman's writings apparently inspired an invented scene in American Sniper, in which Chris Kyle's father tells him that there are three kinds of people: sheep; wolves, who prey on the sheep; and sheepdogs, who protect the sheep from the wolves. If one tribe in a region starts attacking others, they have limited options: they can flee, surrender, resist nonviolently or fight back. A poster for the film American Sniper directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper in the title role. War, once it emerged, proved to be an especially virulent meme, which infects societies against their will. Israel=Good, Russia=Bad. In this case, it wasn’t that Americans hated the Air Force and Hollywood changed their minds. The Betrayal Papers, Part IV of V: A New Genocide | The American Report, http://theamericanreport.org/2015/03/11/the-betrayal-papers-part-iv-of-v-a-new-genocide/. Do you know when Russia invaded afghanistan,USA created Taliban to drive away russians from Afg.Following the same strategy,US intelligence has created ISIL only to topple Syrian president Bashar-Al-Asad . Fear of war can also provoke societies to launch pre-emptive attacks against each other. 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