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Пока был в отпуске набрел на документалки от John Pilger :



Не знаю постили тут его или нет, но показалось очень интересно. Особенно The War you dont See...

Если это больше в фильмы подходит - перенесите плиз.

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Vоvan wrote:Пока был в отпуске набрел на документалки от John Pilger :



Не знаю постили тут его или нет, но показалось очень интересно. Особенно The War you dont See...

Если это больше в фильмы подходит - перенесите плиз.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgerise

"Critic of Blair and Obama

In 2003 and 2004, Pilger strongly criticised the policies of United States President George W. Bush, saying that he had exploited the 9/11 terrorist attacks in his 2003 invasion of Iraq and later occupation.[43] Pilger in 2004 criticized then British Prime Minister Tony Blair as equally responsible for the invasion and the bungled occupation of Iraq.[44] In 2004, as the Iraq insurgency increased, Pilger wrote that the anti-war movement should support "Iraq's anti-occupation resistance:"

"We cannot afford to be choosy. While we abhor and condemn the continuing loss of innocent life in Iraq, we have no choice now but to support the resistance, for if the resistance fails, the "Bush gang" will attack another country."[45]

His support for the Iraqi insurgency was criticised at the time by some, including Andrew Bolt. He described Pilger as an "apologist for terrorists".[46]

On 25 July 2005, Pilger ascribed blame for the 2005 London bombings that month to Blair. He wrote that Blair's decision to follow Bush helped to generate the rage that Pilger said precipitated the bombings.[47]

In his column a year later, Pilger described Blair as a war criminal for supporting Israel's actions during the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict. He said that Blair gave permission to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2001 to initiate what would ultimately become Operation Defensive Shield.[48]

Pilger criticised Barack Obama during his presidential campaign of 2008, saying that he was "a glossy Uncle Tom who would bomb Pakistan"[49] and his theme "was the renewal of America as a dominant, avaricious bully". After Obama was elected and took office in 2009, Pilger wrote, "In his first 100 days, Obama has excused torture, opposed habeas corpus and demanded more secret government".[50] Gerard Henderson, a conservative Australian newspaper columnist, accused Pilger later in 2009 of "engaging in hyperbole against western democracies."[51]
Julian Assange

With others,[52] Pilger supported Julian Assange, accused of Wikileaks, by pledging bail in December 2010. Pilger said at the time: "There's no doubt that he is not going to abscond".[53] Pilger featured the Wikileaks editor-in-chief in his documentary The War You Don't See (2010).[54] Pilger described the accusations against Assange in Sweden as a "political stunt"[55] consisting of "concocted charges",[56] an opinion British left-wing journalist Owen Jones has implicitly criticised.[57]

Pilger's bail money was lost in June 2012 when a judge ordered it to be forfeited. Assange had sought to escape the jurisdiction of the English courts by entering the embassy of Ecuador.[52] Pilger visited Assange in the embassy and continues to support him.[58] Speaking to an audience in Bali (Indonesia) in October 2012, Pilger asserted that Assange was criticised by journalists because "he shames us",[59] and criticised people who pretended to be allies of Assange.[60]
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