What ‘American Sniper’ Tells You About Its Critics

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What ‘American Sniper’ Tells You About Its Critics

A veteran reviews ‘American Sniper.’

By Matthew Braun JANUARY 28, 2015

I am not at all surprised that Michael Moore and Seth Rogen don’t like American Sniper. For them, the idea of military sacrifice is absurd. We get an idea of how badly they understand the motivation of the modern American fighting man and woman when they can’t tell the difference between someone like me, with 15 years of experience in law enforcement, military intelligence, and counterterrorism, and a Nazi. No. Seriously.

 

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 18, 2015

That movie is “Nation’s Pride,” the faux Nazi propaganda film-within-a-film directed by Eli Roth that plays during the film’s climactic theater scene.

 

Moore, for his part, offered these thoughts:

 

My uncle killed by sniper in WW2. We were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot u in the back. Snipers aren’t heroes. And invaders r worse— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 18, 2015

 

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America’s Enemies in Hollywood Then and Now

Cliff Kincaid — January 26, 2015

 

 

A Special Report from the AIM Center for Investigative Journalism

 

With the war on Islamic terrorism being portrayed as a righteous cause in “American Sniper,” the Clint Eastwood film breaking box office records, a book which documents the days when Hollywood was a mouthpiece for communist propaganda might seem out of date. But Allan H. Ryskind’s book, Hollywood Traitors, is a reminder that Hollywood can’t always be counted on to take America’s side in a war, even a World War when the United States faced dictators by the names of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

 

The Ryskind book, published by Regnery, documents how the much-maligned House Committee on Un-American Activities, known as HUAC, uncovered dramatic communist infiltration of Hollywood and forced the studios to clean house

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/americas-enemies-in-hollywood-then-and-now/