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Great political movies (No25) Green Zone
Green Zone came in for a lot of criticism when it was first released, most of which I think was unfair. While the film does have it’s faults, which I’ll come to later, it’s actually a fairly...
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The political impact of Osama Bin Laden’s death
Every so often an event happens that is so striking that you remember exactly where you were when you heard it. I woke up this morning to find out from the BBC that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by...
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Political predictions they got wrong (No18) The death of Osama Bin Laden
As we all now know, Osama Bin Laden was killed this week by US forces after he was finally found hiding in Pakistan. As I wrote yesterday, large sections of the internet are now claiming that his...
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Great political movies (No29) Army of Shadows
How would you react if your country was occupied by a foreign invader? This is a question that has been asked many times over the years. The classic political movie The Battle of Algiers argued that...
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Great political documentaries (No8) Why we fight
Dwight D Eisenhower is that rarest of rare things, a US President that is popular with both Republicans and Democrats. Republicans like him because he presided over steady economic growth combined with...
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Great political documentaries (No11) Taxi To The Dark Side
Personally I like the USA, but I can understand why some people might be less than friendly towards it. Since 2001 coalition forces have arrested over 100,000 people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of...
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Five reasons to be optimistic about Libya’s future
It’s good to have friends. Recently at the ‘Friends of Libya’ conference it turns out Libya has lots and lots of them indeed (even China and Russia who were initially a bit stand-offish about the whole...
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Political predictions they got wrong (No29) Our success in Afghanistan and Iraq
Soon after September the 11th the USA and its allies launched their invasion of Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power. Two years later they invaded Iraq. They were initially very successful,...
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Great political documentaries (No21) Standard Operating Procedure
Standard Operating Procedure was unfairly overlooked when it was originally released. Perhaps this was because America had had enough of analysing its mistakes. Alternatively maybe it was because a...
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Great political TV series (No8) Generation Kill
In the aftermath of the Iraq debacle it’s often forgotten how swift the actual invasion was. From entering Iraq to the fall of Baghdad, the whole thing took less than a month. Of course that’s when...
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