The overall layout of "Green Zone" is not large, and the plot is not complicated. It does not involve the core officials of Washington, nor does it go down to Huangquan to carry out a series of bloody murders. After all the weapons of destruction were empty, I began to doubt the real reason for the frequent errors in information. The officer accidentally discovered during an operation that a former Iraqi general had close ties to information on weapons of mass destruction. After reporting his findings, the officer was immediately cut off from follow-up investigations by U.S. officials stationed there, and he decided to lead several of his subordinates to conduct an independent investigation. Next is the battle of wits and the chase in the streets. In the end, although the truth came out, the witness was killed and was unable to testify against the conspiracy behind it.
Although the story structure of "Green Zone" itself is a general commercial entertainment film, two issues that are presented directly in it make people have to pay attention. The first issue is where the weapons of mass destruction are, and the other issue is how the reconstruction of Iraq by the US military is progressing. Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction is the reason for the US to declare war on it, but the Bush administration has admitted that the information before the war was incorrect, that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the decision to send troops was misled by an Iraqi spy made below. Regarding the Bush administration's defense, the "Green Zone" film expresses a very clear point of view. A misinformation can be easily verified, but the Bush administration decided to attack Iraq without verification. The only reasonable reason is that the Bush administration deliberately Do not verify, deliberately use unreliable information as a reason to send troops, the existence of weapons of mass destruction is just an excuse to send troops. The Green Zone also made an accusation on this issue that the news media became accomplices in the process, and the reporters published and publicized the information completely based on the information provided by the Bush administration without investigation. Panic and consistent direction of public opinion, these news media also need to take some responsibility if the Bush administration is guilty.
The second issue in The Green Zone is the way to rebuild Iraq. If weapons of mass destruction are the pretext used by the Bush administration to attack Iraq, then overthrowing Saddam Hussein's regime and establishing democracy for the Iraqi people are the propaganda slogans used by the Bush administration. In the film, U.S. officials there disbanded the Iraqi government and military, and brought in an Iraqi who had been in exile for three decades as the leader of the new government. At the same time, a CIA official questioned this practice, arguing that only local Iraqis knew about Iraq, and that people from the old regime who opposed Saddam Hussein but were known to the common people should be found to organize the new government. The film also pointed out that the practice of the United States stationing local officials is actually to establish a puppet regime of the United States, so that the United States can still control the country after the withdrawal of troops. On this issue, "The Green Zone" made a very interesting arrangement. The film deliberately added the role of an Iraqi civilian. In the process, he tried his best to assist the American military officers in finding the truth, but in the ending, he shot and killed the former Iraqi general. this key witness. No matter what the real intention of the U.S. troops in Iraq, overthrowing Saddam Hussein's regime is the desire of the Iraqi people. Should we go out and see what kind of life the Iraqi people are living now? Should we ask the Iraqi people what kind of new government they want? The reconstruction of Iraq should really take the happiness of the Iraqis as the primary consideration, rather than focusing on the future control of the United States, or how to get the US military out of Iraq as soon as possible.
"The Green Zone" is a film with a very clear stance, regardless of whether the beliefs expressed in it are correct, but after the Bush regime, finally, different opinions can be spoken out. With the end of the Bush regime, more and more people began to review the policy gains and losses of the Bush administration, whether it was a power struggle or an aftermath. But after all, this is the benefit brought by the rotation of political parties. The quality of a policy will eventually be reviewed in the sunshine, and different voices can be used to guide people's thinking. When Obama was running for president, he promised to withdraw troops from Iraq, but after taking office, he obviously found that things were more complicated than he thought. The people of the whole country jointly make decisions on major national issues. What is good and what is bad must be decided by the people. Otherwise, it may be more efficient and reasonable to act unilaterally with the government and the president's point of view. But the end result is a dictatorship. In order for a government to truly hear the voices of the common people, it must open up media freedom and freedom of speech, so that the common people can understand events from various perspectives and express their opinions freely after making their own judgments. Such a public opinion formation mechanism can Only by correctly reflecting the thoughts of the common people can the government's governance not deviate too far from public opinion.
"The Green Zone" began filming in 2007 and is expected to be released on March 12, 2008. But in the end, due to various reasons, it was postponed to March 12, 2010, two years later.
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