Pax Americana

When the US crushed Iraq the first time in 1991 the government staged Desert Storm Victory parades in dozens of US cities. General William Westmoreland proclaimed a great PAX AMERICANA that would last a thousand years! But we knew better. This prophetic little doc, hailed as "provocative" by the LA Times and July 4 Video Pick of the Week by the LA Weekly ended up being broadcast by only 50 PBS stations nationwide. It was banned by most for its unblinking look at how war hype and propaganda pull on the masses. A must see for true patriots.

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[Ulmo35]

HA... that says it all... it's a totalitarianism of the 90's loose and fun...

Fuck America I am moving to Canada

[axp07]

no matter what ur political belief u cant deny that all those protesters were right about the war not really going to end

[skinnyman1423]

yes it is and I would rather be a proud criminal than a law abiding citizen that hates the country that provides them with the freedoms that they are so happy to exploit.

[skinnyman1423]

it won't last a thousand years but it will last until we are replaced like the roman empire it is inevitable that we follow their footsteps to the same fall.

[midnightmilo]

Isn't it always the case that those that stand in the way of rampant jingoism; those who question the Zeitgeist of their culture, those that are brave enough to criticise - are always laughed at then shouted down.

But oh how right history shows them to be.

To all the anti-war protesters in the video i was only a child when that war happened but i admire each and every one of you for seeking to put a mirror to what you saw around you.

[Lordmaster36]

Oh god, just what the country needs is some prick like Westmoreland who was responsible for the debacle our troops fought in at Vietnam.

[royaliste2000]

7:50 friendlier version of Nazi Germany

[chug26]

6:29 shes exactly right Afghan 2001 Iraq 2003 Lebanon 2006 Gaza 2009 Yemen 2010

[BMBaccount]

@CrunkChipmunk At the time he was fighting the US's enemy, Iran. We didn't know what he was capable of doing.

[BMBaccount]

@6N4L How exactly would that happen?

We have 1/5 of all the money in the world.

[shadowmare97]

Thank goodness this "Pax Americana" is just a bad dream

I don't understand why the United States is so paranoid about Nuclear weapons when they're the only the ones to have ever actually USED them in war, and they STILL refuse to disarm their stockpile

That makes them damned Hypocrites for preaching peace

They forgot the "Peace under the global American flag"

Bastards, not gonna happen