Dutch Antiwar Propaganda Clip

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MINKsays...

you must be new here. comparing US military aggression with Nazi military aggression normally gets you downvoted, people say "godwinising" and shit.

conansays...

erm... Exactly where is the comparison between Nazi aggression and US aggression? I did see some US flags in there, but i don't think they were used in a specific anti-american way but just because the by far biggest part of military footage (fiction or reality) shows US military and the creators of this video had to take their clips from somewhere. But where was the Nazi reference?

Maybe Mink mixed up the german word for german ("deutsch") with dutch (our northern neighbors)?

What i do like best is the fact that this video mixes two types of "propagandas", scenes that are taken from ads (i guess) and scenes that are taken from anti-war movies. I think it's pretty strong, also because of the great music choice and the very slow change of mood / setting from heroic to horrible.

bcglorfsays...

Anyone know if this is from Belgium or the Netherlands?

I find 'anti-war' sentiment from either country in today's world disgusting. Right now there are a quarter million refugees in the Congo because of the war being fought there. For those unaware, as our media is largely ignoring it, the war is a result of a rebel army fighting to protect the minority tutsi population from extremist Hutu militia groups. Those Hutu militia groups are the ones that fled Rwanda after raping and killing more than half a million people.

Belgium had troops in Rwanda when that atrocity occurred, they even lost some soldiers in it. They were so touched by the loss of their soldiers they attempted to court martial the highest ranking officer in their deployement for "putting men in harms way". That is the stench of an extreme anti-war policy, with over 500,000 people being raped and murdered, heaven forbid the soldiers deployed there do anything to try and stop it. As for the Netherlands, they haven't any troops at all in the Congo today. Anyone believe that the world would respond to Rwanda differently today? Nope, the EU rejected a plea for a mere 3000 troop deployment to the Congo just this week.

I don't consider standing aside while genocide occurs to be 'anti-war', it is cowardice. I would even go so far as to say that those condemning other nations as war mongers for intervening as the real pro-war side.

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