Zero Dark Thirty- 'Merica

After watching Zero Dark Thirty I had mixed emotions because I see this war from 3 different sides, sides that any, if not every situation should be viewed. His, Yours, and the objective 3rd party view. Now I'm going to dedicate this blog to that of America's...hence 'Merica in the title.
Now I think the general patriotic American obsessed and at times ignorant response to the war that has plagued us for the last decade is that we are not only fighting against people (though I think many people forget that who we are in conflict are people) most Americans think we are at war with brown people who are Muslim and  live in a certain region of the world. Since the tragic event of 9/11 that has been attached to the extremist group Al Qaeda, there has been a major blow back against people who look like these attackers who killed many Americans. I myself remember being in 3rd grade and seeing our teachers turn-on the news in between sobs and call our parents to pick us up in the wake of this national emergency. Because of this indirect experience I myself felt some distrust in people who looked this way for a brief time, until my parents set me straight, because I was ignorant as to what was really going on in the world, not only America. Nevertheless, after this event in America's history its understandable to identify with the high emotion many Americans felt about Bin Laden being caught and killed for his actions and doing whatever was necessary to ensure his capture, because we looked at it as ensuring our own safety. This is why it becomes easy to understand the propaganda used in Zero Dark Thirty. But more-so I believe certain Americans have this us vs. them, Islamaphobic attitude because that is literally what they perceive this war to be. To a certain extent, especially as a person of future military personnel I have had to realize that it is killed or be killed in this field, which a lot of Americans not privy to the true factions of this war also believe.