Auntie Propaganda (relatively closer to true)
Eric Blumrich makes hard-hitting, thought-provoking political animation features. I think of them as Bush war machine anti-propaganda that is presented — for effect — in propagandistic style. This one, “Victory” (870KB), concludes with a striking juxtaposition of two speeches:
| “Once again, this nation and all our friends are all that stand between a world at peace and a world of chaos and constant alarm. Once again, we are called to defend the safety of our people and the hopes of all mankind. We accept this responsibility.” | “Don’t let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of the policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment, and it seems that I can hear God saying to America, ‘You are too arrogant. If you don’t change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power and I’ll place it in the hands of a nation that doesn’t even know my name. Be still and know that I am God.’” |
| —GWB, State of the Union, January 28, 2003 | —MLK, Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam, April 16, 1967 |
See also Eric’s video Dr. Bushlove (600KB), which is also striking. Its title refers to the movie Dr. Strangelove, and in doing so (as I read into it) it’s a comment on the strange kind of “love” that’s willing to kill thousands and thousands of innocent civilians under the guise of “liberating” them.
Note that both animations contain graphic still photos of the carnage in Iraq.
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