Or perhaps the Iranian animated feature above is trying for the war-like goodness of Battlefield 3 and other video games that teen-age gamers cotton to. But how long can you stare at a screen watching stuff blow up? ...
Per exiled Iranian filmmaker Ali Fatehi :
...These videos started to appear about five years ago, after Western countries started making more video games about attacking Iran. Since Iran lacks the technology to make advanced video games, ... it seems they’ve decided to make 3D animations in response to them. ...
These films, which seem geared toward children and young people, don’t just mention Iran – they mention “the united army of Islam”. And in “The message of Rachel Corrie”, they’ve renamed the Tel Aviv airport the “Martyr Rachel Corrie airport”. These details show that it’s not just about defending Iran; it’s about Islam and holy war. ...
Ah, but isn't every war holy, each in its own way? As S. L. Clemens taught us to pray all those years ago:
... O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief. ...
For our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimmage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet!
We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.
Of course, Mrk Twain wrote this back in the old days, when people didn't know any better than to rain bombs on each other. We've evolved to peaceful enlightenment since then.
Oh, wait. ...
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