I'm only 3 parts into this 18hour, 10-part documentary and the horrifying things I've seen and heard are capable of turning your whole world upside down and inside out. You can't bear to look and yet it's so captivating that you want to see more and more.
At the same time it serves as a clear revelation that it takes only one man, intentions good or bad, to ever start a destructive war. And now, we've reached a point of unwavering belief that just one man can destroy the entire world.
In a rare and noble act of objectivity in today's media, the documentary interviews both American troops and Viet Cong, and you sure as hell don't root for any side. As I watch this, I believe this is the war that truly reshaped the world, because it made every single other nation out there, Middle East included, deeply hateful of all others.
And perhaps it's now too late to love again...
At the same time it serves as a clear revelation that it takes only one man, intentions good or bad, to ever start a destructive war. And now, we've reached a point of unwavering belief that just one man can destroy the entire world.
In a rare and noble act of objectivity in today's media, the documentary interviews both American troops and Viet Cong, and you sure as hell don't root for any side. As I watch this, I believe this is the war that truly reshaped the world, because it made every single other nation out there, Middle East included, deeply hateful of all others.
And perhaps it's now too late to love again...