The art in Shooting War is both beautiful and provacative. The subtle underlay of real photos in with the graphic style is both intense and wonderful. Some of the images are just pretty, others are pretty disturbing. One of the greatest, and scariest is the large hanger looking structure filled with soldiers controlling war machines with PS3's.
We've all heard comedians talk about our "Nintendo Pilot's," George Carlin has a famous bit about the nations hobby of bombing brown people. He says we bomb because it's more fun for our "Nintendo Pilots." We have that concept carried through to a horrible extreme. It is true that every day military scientists are working to unman the frontlines, the sheer brutality of what the soldiers do to a hospital full of sick and injured Iraqi's draws us out of our egocentrism and forces us to consider that not only are U.S. soldiers being hurt in this war, but Iraqi civilians are too. Even though we are not using robotic tanks there is still going to be a lot of collateral damage. Pulling back from the soldier's perspective and forcing us to consider the hospital brings compassion to the fore.
The truth of this book may be that even though we are at war, we should always strive for compassion and most of all understanding.
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I really liked how you connected your ideas about the book to some outside sources. Great job!
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