Viewing American Equilibrium from the "Green Zone"

Alexane 2021-11-27 08:01:19

Green Zone is a movie about the Iraq War. It introduces the experience of a skeptical US military officer looking for "weapons of mass destruction is a fabricated lie". Using a similar documentary perspective, the plot is general.

What interests me is the American balance of power embodied in the film, that is, multiple organizations investigating the same incident. That US military officer is mainly an executive unit, that is, searching for evidence based on intelligence to the so-called "hiding points" of weapons of mass destruction. But after returning with no success many times, he became suspicious of the information on which he was based, and then became involved in the vortex of truth finding.

In an executive department, doubts about the actions performed are a management problem that any organization will face. In the US military, there seems to be a very special mechanism, that is, its executors can conduct questioning operations through multiple channels. One is directly through the military, the Pentagon; the other is through other intelligence organizations, such as the one in this film. CIA.

If I believe that the film is based on the premise of certain facts, I can think that the film reflects that in American organizations, multiple channels of information are often added in order to achieve checks and balances of power. People in different organizational units can communicate information to other organizations through these channels, thereby realizing information non-closeness and avoiding "information dictatorship" in a certain organization. And "information dictatorship" is sometimes the cornerstone of "power dictatorship."

Although it is a battlefield, even in the most disciplined army, the idea of ​​balance of power is still the most fundamental.

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Extended Reading
  • Jaquan 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    If a Chinese director makes such a film, it is estimated that the world will disappear immediately.

  • Helmer 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    For interest groups, the fuse of war can be made by themselves. This is evident from the history of any major war. It is a pity that the peace of a country and the basic right to subsistence of the people have been sacrificed for the sake of oil.

Green Zone quotes

  • Miller: What happened to your leg?

    Freddy: My leg is in Iran. Since 1987. Me too, I fight for my country.

    Miller: Freddy listen, you give me your information, I'm going to get you a reward for what you did today.

    Freddy: Award... You think I do this for money? You think I don't care about my country? I see what's happening. You don't think I see what's happening? And all the people now, they have no water, they have no electricity - you think I do this for reward? You don't think I do this for me? For my future. For my country. For all these things? Whatever you want here, I want more than you want. I want to help my country.

  • [repeated line]

    Miller: I'll keep it in mind.