300 the movie is on Bush's Top 10 list
The movie 300 was just released. It is an awesome battle movie, but its not the gore that is nauseating: it is the politics. The movie has as its underlying theme the civil, freedom loving, self sacrificing West, represented by the Spartans gallantly fighting the savage, dark, hedon "Asian hordes" who want to kill the men and enslave the women and children. Freedom is not free one of the defenders shout. We should honor the brave soldiers who are risking their lives so you can live in this wonderful society. Wow, all this rhetoric from over 2000 years ago. All great battle movies have their speeches, and the last speech in 300 is quite telling: the Greek general inspires his troops to fight against "the mysticism and tyranny of the East"
This movie was probably financed by the Department of Defense's Division of Creating Rhetoric and Hatred against Persians and other Riff Raff Asian types So We can Invade Them Too.
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