#war-on-terror

#war-on-terror

How ironic, then, to learn the term is better applied domestically. It turns out, not only was the U.S. government subsidizing war through the tacit approval and use of drug money abroad, but that American special forces operatives were running drugs on the side, sometimes utilizing military equipment and vehicles, while also pocketing millions of dollars in discretionary funds, all without any greater or noble purpose than boredom and greed.

At the beginning of this century, there were many critics of the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, the American use of torture, and the prolonged U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, but War on Terror proponents always had a ready answer: 9/11, the deadliest terrorist attack ever on American soil. The American response to that fateful day was an unapologetic carte blanche, with Vice President Dick Cheney even vowing that the U.S. would work on the "dark side" henceforth. The rules had changed. So would morality.

On 7 July 2005, three bombs exploded on the London transport network, killing 52 people. The atmosphere was tense as the community grappled with the tragedy.

The film, unlike standard military narratives, focuses on a single, monotonous operation rather than seeking grandiose heroics or emotional arcs, depicting the tedium and uncertainty of warfare.