People In Power Lie To Persuade Soldiers

We only see what we are shown but not what the soldiers know. The theme “People in power lie to persuade civilians to do their their dirty work without them knowing the true aftermath of war”, is seen evidently throughout the four texts I have chosen. The song Hero of War by Rise Against, the song War Pigs by Black Sabbath, the film Rambo by Ted Kotcheff and the film American Sniper by Clint Eastwood.

The song Hero of War portrays the theme of “People in power lie to persuade civilians to do their their dirty work without them knowing the true aftermath of war”. At the start of the song the lyrics say, “Have you seen the world? What would you say if I said that you could? Just carry this gun, you’ll even get paid.” These lyrics inform the
At the start of the film when Chris Kyle is watching tv at home. A news report comes in that “Terrorists” (Islamics) have bombed a car park is his local area. This what caused Chris Kyle to join the US Navy Seal’s at war. What this scene shows is that whoever was in charge of writing what the reporters were to say was most likely told to by the government, though is could of been someone else of high power.So in reality this government or someone with power towards the media would be lying as from what is shown, there is not enough information to conclude that it was “Islamic Terrorists” who did the bombing. All they want to do is show civilians who the enemy is but in reality there probably is not one. Nearer the end of the film Chris Kyle is faced with PTSD after he has done his duties as a SEAL. We see a few scenes where this occurs, one where Chris Kyle and his son are at the mechanics and he hears the sound of a drill which triggers a flashback to when the “Butcher” killed a kid using a drill.The other was at a birthday where a dog was licking a child frantically, for some reason causing Chris Kyle to attack the dog, but was stopped very quickly by the shouting of his wife. Before joining the SEAL’s and going to war he was most likely not aware of the aftermath of war. This shows what war can do to a man, physically for the better but mentally for the worse as he will have to live with these PTSD’s for most of his life. I think that the director Clint Eastwood wanted to show how media can make people think there is an enemy so they go to war without realizing the aftereffects, such as the many PTSD’s that u can gain from