Hearts and Minds Documentary: Westmoreland

This clip from the movie "Hearts and Minds" (directed by Peter Davis) has been criticized for juxtaposing General Westmoreland's comments such as, "the Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as the Westerner," with a scene of a Vietnamese funeral. The juxtaposition has been called "cheap" and "manipulative" and critics have said that it does nothing but make viewers dislike Westmoreland. However, Peter Davis has argued that in no context would these words be acceptable or accurate and that Westmoreland in fact made this statement three times. Davis allows Westmoreland's own words destroy his credibility and compels viewers to question Washington's justification for the Vietnam War.

Analytical Papers:
http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/documentary/papers.html

Viewing Guides:
http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/documentary/guides.html

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• peter
• davis
• hearts
• and
• minds
• vietnam
• westmoreland

[turtleblues66]

arrogant old fuck....

[d0cToRaRoN]

@Fishookfish Are you in denial??? Its not hard to derive meaning, the man Clearly Stated that the "Oriental" Carry little to no value in life. Have you watched the film??? How the hell do you come to the assumption that he was talking about asian leadership in war. Pure stupidity and denial on your part. Just complete ignorance.

[pwnage51]

@SUDZ1111 it was a group of muslim extremists involved with al queida. but i do agree with the people that say that not all muslims were involved with it. it was just those few crazy terrorists that gave all muslims a very bad name.

[SUDZ1111]

jeezus this is why ur country is gone,thats right 2 americans abusing each other over numbers & proven corrupt leaders,what has happened since you guys have been arguing over lies,have u seen what your antichrist of a leader has now bourt on your people,disagree with corporations,banking systems & governments & they will lock u all away wtf,

is going on, even funnier you still think the muslims did 911,jeeezus what a mess u are in,all because of 911, u have all been set up & u ain't free ;/

[Vebinz]

Every invading power says the same thing about their victims. We hear the same thing about Muslims now.

[Hperman09]

@blessedbe87 Did you get this out of your ass? What for oil we got from Iraq you moron? We never got any oil from Iraq. Our gas is $4 gallon high and we get 70% of oil from Canada and Saudi Arabia.

[Weasler455]

@kakashi76767 Obama never got bin Laden. Everyone knows it was Bush.



[Weasler455]

@kakashi76767 Everyone know fags like you read POZ. But I'm not gay - I'm good and normal.

The GOP controlled the Congress starting in 1994, the second year of IMPEACHED President Clinton's term. Nixon was not impeached - look it up.

90 trillion = 90,000 billion????? ROTFLMAO!!!! Well, I'm sure you failed math, sissy! Stick with your faggot arts classes.

[kakashi76767]

@Weasler455 how do you know what magazines fags read? You do a lot of research on fags bro! i wonder why... The GOP didnt control congress during the clinton years you moron, it wasnt until bush took office that the gop won the house and senate! wow, you are a fucking dummy! also, clinton was not impeached, nixon was! also, 90 trillion = 90,000 billion, and 700 trillion = 700,000 billion. how does that make no sense to you? oh i forgot, you are a total fuckhead! LOL! :P

[Weasler455]

@kakashi76767 You get your info from POZ Magazine, which is what FAGS read.

90 TRILLION??? 700 TRILLION???? Those numbers makes no sense! You're totally fucked up.

Must be due to your AIDS drugs.

Impeached drug user and rapist Clinton gets NO credit for deficit reduction - it was all done by the GOP Congress.

No, I have no first hand knowledge of sick fag sex. I'm normal, and I just read a lot. You ought to try it sometime, rather than go to the bathhouse. (Yecchh!!!)

[kakashi76767]

@Weasler455 how do you know how much shit gay people eat? You must have first hand knowledge! I guess thats what happens when you father makes you fuck his face every christmas. anyway, some REAL facts from a REAL american: Deficit under Regan/Bush (1992) 700 TRILLION Under Clinton (2000): SURPLUS of 45 BILLION. Under Bush (2008) deficit of 90 TRILLION Now under Obama (2011) 45 Trillion. (45 is exactly half of 90) I get my information from real sources, not glenn beck.

[Weasler455]

@kakashi76767 Here's some facts for you:

Deficit under Bush (2008): $485 Billion

Deficit under Obama (2010): $1.6 TRILLION

(I know druggies like you are not good with numbers, so I'll clarify it: A trillion is thousand billion).

Another fact: The average gay male eats the fecal matter of 35 other gay men. Yeccchhhhh!!!!