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andrestromqvist t1_j89okml wrote

Reply to comment by gthomas4 in Dirty Wars (2013) - Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill travels to Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and other countries where the United States has taken military action in the War on Terror. Scahill investigates the United States military and government cover-up of the civilian deaths. [01:26:00] by Missing_Trillions

I recommend the book, it's a bit more extensive. The documentary was a real dissapointment honestly.

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tastefullmullet t1_j8alqz8 wrote

But that’s the thing, there’s already been some good reporting on those scandals. Pretending that JSOC are as shadowy as they present them in this doc is really disingenuous.

I turned it off at the same point the other guy mentioned.

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andrestromqvist t1_j8an1c5 wrote

I totally agree. It's even weirder when it's taken into consideration that this guy also wrote Blackwater (which I also enjoyed). But being from Europe/Sweden I found both books definately worth reading as we don't get much information about these things unless specifically searching for these topics. Especially not ten years ago.

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tastefullmullet t1_j8d5ipi wrote

I’ll definitely pick his book up so.

Also great that other people feel the same way. This pissed me off a lot when it came out!

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