![]() We need all perspectives.Well worth seeing with an open mind. This film brilliantly covers the 1920/21 wars from the Irish perspective. Much better than the Green Berets on the just war by USA in Vietnam! Blackhawk Down brilliantly covered Somalia from the external US perspective. Is there such a thing as a just war apart from 2nd World war ? Aside from the historical debate, the story, filming and acting is magnificent. The film highlights the futility and awfulness of war. And it is more important to understand why people/nations go to war or civil war rather than why they don't.Understanding the reasons does not mean support for war. That's why Michael Collins was destined to die there. But this is understandable because it is historically accurate that West Cost was ferociously anti British and mainly anti treaty. More of the anti British and anti treaty argument is advanced. That's even more tragic and brutal.Who was on the right side or the wrong side? The film presents the arguments but I really don't think the film takes sides. The second half deals with the civil war. But that is only the first half of the film. The film records both with equally graphic scenes. ![]()
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