After lurking as an observer on these boards for many years, I find myself compelled to make my very first post. Ironically, is in response to the political comments being made and not to the merits of the film (the political back and forth usually bores me on this board-I come to IMDB for film commentary, not politics). However, having just viewed Judgment at Nuremberg for the umpteenth time, I feel I can't bypass this topic without a comment.
>Disclaimer: reasonable people can disagree regarding the entry into and conduct of the Iraq War and on George Bush's performance as president (reasonable people really can, though many of the comments I've seen here lead me to believe that many of the posters cannot)<
Having laid that groundwork, does anyone else find it ironic that, on a board dedicated to Judgment at Nuremberg, some posters want to play the old "let's bash Bush" game? I believe that the film makes the point that good men (and women) have to stand up to evil and not just look the other way. While Saddam Hussein will never rival Hitler in the atrocity department, shouldn't someone who uses poison gas against his own citizens, butchers those who oppose him and allows his psychopathic sons to rape, torture and despoil for their own pleasure meet some sort of less than pleasant end? Recall please that in WWII (once we finally got into the fight), we didn't spend years dithering over sanctions or wring our hands on whether or not Hitler was really that bad of a guy. We sent young men into battle to drive the German Army back toward Berlin while simultaneously bombing the bejebus out of German cities. The trials didn't start until after the surrender. Maybe, just maybe, those who love Judgment at Nuremberg might concede that Hussein resembled the men in the dock a bit more closely than did George Bush? Perhaps these same folks might also be able to look past their disagreement with policy/philosophy to admit that the world may just be a tad better off without people like Hussein, and that, again, just maybe, Bush may have had something to do with Huseein's no longer being counted among the living?
Nah, I guess they can't.
(Sorry for the rant-I promise my second post will only regard film commentary!)
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freerun250
14 years ago
@poetwarrior: since we're giving opinions, no, I don't think the world is better off with Saddam Hussein. He was insignificant outside of his own country then and he still would be were he alive. If he were alive, Iraq would be in better shape. Perhaps the Iraqi people are better off without him, but it wasn't up to the US to remove him.
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