My Country

My Country, My Country (DVD)

Laura Poitras, Amercian, followed around an Iraqi doctor, 6 months before, and leading up to, the 2005 elections in Baghdad. A glimpse of his daily life, and the struggles there. It seemed surprisingly not "political" to me - as all documentaries i like best seem to be. Lots of people just trying to survive. They even seemed to not dislike Americans - but wanted us to get our act together, and really help rebuild. hopelessness has set in.

And then I watched more rhetoric at the Republican debate. I feel like my hands are tied in my information of the war. I plan on watching more of these as we get closer to voting - is there really a solution? I am probably for a quick withdrawal, and yet these people will suffer more, at our hands. Do we have an obligation to "get it right" - now that we have gotten it so wrong?