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comment by speeding_snail
speeding_snail  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'Zero Dark Thirty' Is Osama bin Laden's Last Victory Over America

Let's start with saying there are many things I don't agree with in the American war on terror. The US takes rights away from their own citizens, takes to morally objectionable acts to find one guy, killing many people in the process, attack Iraq on false grounds and when they found Osama, they shot him dead. This behavior is just wrong.

Then comes "Zero Dark Thirty". A movie which sells this quest to find Osama as "The greatest manhunt in history". My only possible reaction is quite simple: Propaganda. I feel like this movie is an attempt to fix that which was broken during the war, but it won't. It failed when it was announced. It failed miserably when it was announced as a nominee for the Oscars.

So, I'll have to agree with the author of the article. This movie is indeed Osama's last and supreme victory over the US. And the worst part? The US has done this to itself. All Osama did was hide in a house somewhere in the middle east.