"War" gets a well-deserved hall pass regarding not meeting the documentary ideal of equally educating and entertaining; there is more than ample education, and there is nothing entertaining about the topic.
The sense of the atrocities and of the relevant issues in the following YouTube clip of the official trailer for "War" should compel everyone to get the film.
Although the title of "War" suggests that it focuses on economic issues, the general subject is the ring of U.S. bases that encircles the Asian nation. Aerial footage of a mass of dark blue water that marks the former location of an island is one of many stunning images of America using the region as a testing area for nuclear weapons beginning in the years immediately after the end of World War II.
The many ills that Pilger documents includes the American military requiring the natives of the area to stay on their islands during the testing; this is to provide data on the effects of the weapons on people.
The modern negative impacts of the bases in the region include the essentially slave labor regarding the natives who perform landscaping duties and provide other services that make life luxurious for military personnel and their families. Pilger additionally discusses service personnel inflicting various degrees of sexual assaults on local women.
Regarding China, maps clearly show that the U.S. has that country penned in; footage of a military exercise offers further proof that we are prepared to stop any ships from either leaving or entering that country.
The epilogue to "War" is that recent political events supports the view of the film that armed conflict with China is inevitable; the possibility of this being sooner rather than later seems to increase each day.
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