Opaque Lucidity

Why We Fight

Kelli hosted a jewelry party tonight, so I made myself scarce for two hours. Not sure of what to do, I ended up seeing the documentary film "Why We Fight". The movie attempts to explain how the growth of the military-industrial complex (as termed by President Eisenhower during his farewell speech in 1961) affects when, why and how we get involved in wars around the world.

Nothing I saw in the film surprised me. It was, as much of this kind of stuff is, a textbook example of reverse logic: start with an assumption and work backwards, ignoring anything which does not lead to the conclusion. It's not a liberal or conservative practice---it's just a deceptive practice that many people do not understand and, thus, see these films as enlightening works of genius. Indeed, they are great works of propaganda. Nothing more, nothing less.

I have more I'd like to say about this topic, but that's for the morning.