I don't know. Given how long it takes a US citizen to get a passport - I've no doubt that when the wheels grind slowly for us, a visa for an Iraqi national, regardless of where he currently resides, goes even slower.
Besides, the "I was forced to" excuse has been used before. Seems to be a lot of kids that were forced to be part of the Hitler Youth programme (at age 5) are still marked as former German Nazis and their travel is expressly limited around the world as well. That was how many decades ago? And these were people who were five or six and Hitler's Germany collapsed when they were seven or eight. But they are banned.
So forced to serve in the Iraqi army seems to be a lame excuse based on historical precedence.
Are the people making these movies trying to actually send a message out? Or are they simply maggots feasting on the corpses of those who died on that day and the thousands upon thousands who've died in countries that had nothing to do with the attack?
Man... hard question. Here's my thought. If these were attempts to outline a historical event, combined with perspectives from around the world, with an educational message... then they wouldn't be $9 a ticket drama films, would they?
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Date: 2006-04-25 02:09 pm (UTC)Besides, the "I was forced to" excuse has been used before. Seems to be a lot of kids that were forced to be part of the Hitler Youth programme (at age 5) are still marked as former German Nazis and their travel is expressly limited around the world as well. That was how many decades ago? And these were people who were five or six and Hitler's Germany collapsed when they were seven or eight. But they are banned.
So forced to serve in the Iraqi army seems to be a lame excuse based on historical precedence.
Are the people making these movies trying to actually send a message out? Or are they simply maggots feasting on the corpses of those who died on that day and the thousands upon thousands who've died in countries that had nothing to do with the attack?
Man... hard question. Here's my thought. If these were attempts to outline a historical event, combined with perspectives from around the world, with an educational message... then they wouldn't be $9 a ticket drama films, would they?