May 22, 2024
Released after 9/11 and the start of the war in Iraq this film left American audiences pretty damn angry. Criminal GIs and low life, if not outright incompetent military officers, were not going with the prevailing zeitgeist to say the least. Well, it’s now been over 20 years, why not join the boys as they explore how this film plays today?
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Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105
Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867
Germany and France Oppose War
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser/145738864/
NBC News War Stats
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/iraq-war-numbers-rcna75762
Donohue fired
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/26/business/msnbc-cancels-the-phil-donahue-talk-show.html
The Real Reason Donohue was fired
https://fair.org/press-release/some-critical-media-voices-face-censorship/