Review of Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) by Andrew C — 11 Apr 2009
A powerful and disturbing documentary on the plight of a young taxi driver who was taken at gunpoint by Afghani militia men working under contract for us military forces and ended up dead 5 days later after being given some of the most inhumane treatment I have heard of.
The film is a mixture of interviews with now ex members of the us military who were involved in the abuse of prisoners, statements by people like Bush and Cheney over what they are prepared to do to get these terrorists (gotta love the us v them binary) and actual documents and footage of the acts taking place.
It's hard to believe that in 2009 the centre of the supposed free world and backbone of democracy, America can be complicit in such barbaric acts with no regard to the Geneva convention or common human decency. What's even more infuriating is that like with Lyndie England the blame is targeted solely at the bottom rung of the military. You don't see any higher ups getting sacked even though it's blatantly obvious that through the deliberate ambiguity and lack of clarity given for interrogation procedures from the top brass there is an awareness of what the consequences would be. Moving to the so called 'dark side' to deal with the terrorists.
A sad document on a present day reality. Please Obama, shut Guantanamo and lets try get past this insane rhetoric.
This review of Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) was written by Andrew C on 11 Apr 2009.
Taxi to the Dark Side has generally received very positive reviews.
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