Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

June 27, 2006

Welcome to the War Zone

Many of you may have heard of this already, but I first heard of it yesterday when reading Page Six of the New York Post. (Rhetorical question: why is it called Page Six when it's not actually on page six?)

Anyway, Pat Dollard, a former Hollywood flack, has created a documentary about Iraq called Young Americans that he is trying to sell to HBO. In my opinion, since it seems to put American soldiers in a positive light, HBO will not be too excited about acquiring it.

You can get a preview on Dollard's website, PatDollard.com.

I loved Dollard's comments about George Clooney (although he never actually mentions Clooney's name):

While Dollard was careful not to name names, he told Page Six that he went into "a black rage" while in Iraq after reading a certain movie star's pompous pronouncements online.

"I read something on the Internet in which someone was patting himself on the back for having the courage to oppose the war," Dollard recalled. In an obvious reference to Clooney, who owns a villa in Italy, he said, "They actually equate bravery with speaking out against the president because [losing fans] might cost them one less servant at their Italian villa . . . It put me into a black rage and made me sick to my stomach."

This was good too:

Dollard says his enthusiasm for the war has left some of his former showbiz colleagues cold. "Being a Republican in Hollywood today is not much different than being a communist in Hollywood in the 1950s," he said. "I'm not trying to overstate the case, but the reality is there is a blacklist in Hollywood. It's very McCarthy-like. It just shows the hypocrisy of the left."

So much for the "chill wind" that Tim Robbins famously referenced in front of the National Press Club. Think Dollard will get invited to speak at their annual luncheon like Robbins was?

Don't bet your milk money.

Check out the trailer of Young Americans. And, if it doesn't get bought up by a major media concern and goes straight to DVD, consider buying it. Our soldiers deserve for their stories to be told by someone who doesn't despise them and their mission.