There are many stories about war that are usually biased and only showing one perspective of war. As an audience, we are never truly given factual evidence about everything, especially in wars. In order to uncover the true story of wars we must investigate the matter at hand, why are we at war? The fact of the matter is because of our political leaders and the way they address themselves to other countries. The United States for many years has set a goal, which any country that is non-democratic in a sense is an enemy of the United States and the world. During 1991, Operation Desert Storm was put in place because Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. This increased international security. The reason…show more content… The film In the Valley of Elah, is about a story of a Vietnam War veteran, and his wife and the desperate search of their military son that has apparently gone AWOL from his camp site in New Mexico. In his mysterious disappearance, his father Hank makes a great effort to find his son without the help at first from the military and the police department in New Mexico. In Goliath In the Valley of Elah, Thomas Horne helps the reader understand more in depth about this controversial film. He explains in further detail that this film is an opposition film created for the United States eyes to reconsider even joining the military. In this article there is significant evidence that the film was used to criticize the Christian stories passed on from generation to generation, the use of euphemism in the film that has been created to suppress the audiences thought of anti-war, and the psychological factors that military personnel have had to overcome with PTSD’s or live with for the rest of their…show more content… It has been used through the visual, such as pictures and videos. Horne explains, that in the first Iraq war that visual illusion was used to gather support from the American people by showing laser-guided missiles hitting their targets, stating that their without consequence of innocent civilians (Horne 258). As well as the removal of Saddam Hussein statue by Iraqi civilians and the American people only realizing later that it was only a small band of people removing it, not a whole rally of Iraqi’s. Whether there is a use of visuals or though literature, the purpose of euphemism will always be used to hide the painful acts of
