Growing up in the Middle East has done a lot of things to my mind. But not in any way has it scarred me. I remember living in Saudi Arabia and not having a care in the world. I never felt I lived among “terrorists” or “savages”. I felt safe as a kid. It was a good time.
The only time I can remember having a certain negative opinion about the country was when the bombings happened in 2002. I felt that the place I once called home was gone. Gone in the sense that everyone I knew that wasn’t from there had left. All the schools closed down, and I lost contact with everyone. But still, something in me was missing and it was horrible. I never came to hate the country, or the people, I was just disappointed. Disappointed because all that I knew was there, and then all of a sudden it was seen in a dark light.
When I see movies that depict Arabs negatively, it obviously bothers me. The movie “Rules of Engagement” gives us a real amazing example of “American Democracy”. The movie starts off with a scene of US Marines on a roof firing round after round onto innocent civilians in Yemen. As the movie moves forward the investigation shows that the Marines were fired upon first by the crowd, thus enabling the rules of engagement. Obviously US Marines would not fire into a crowd of civilians for no good reason. This is probably why the movie won the hearts of so many nation-loving Americans.
It’s absolutely ridiculous that directors, writers, and producers can go along with these absurd ideas into their movies. The words used are not something that should be used. It is a shame that people can allow such things to happen.
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