I watched that movie as a kid. At the time I thought it was
a satire poking fun on the U.S. foreign policy. From what I
remember the poor and tiny country in the movie invaded the
U.S. (with a primitive navy equipped with ancient weapons
like those used by the Vikings) after war proclamation with the
intention of receiving aid upon defeat.
Unlike Japan Iraq did not pearl harbour the U.S. Unlike Germany
Iraq did not declare war to the U.S. Before WWII Japan
had already invaded and occupied part of China and Nazi Germany
was rebuilding its army whereas Iraq was already disarmed
to a miserable state prior to the invasion.
The cowardly nature of the attack waged by the most
advanced military machine in history on a
non-threatening former ally only after having weakened it
by starvation and demilitarization is all too apparent. Somehow
the invasion in the future could be justified from the perspectives
of the neocons by anticipated future developments. The most desirable
outcome would be a stable world oil supply and that Iraq would
maintain a high enough oil production to mitigate peak oil. This
could buy time for the world to transition to the post oil
era. On top of that if Iraq indeed progresses to a democratic
country it could eventually play a stabilizing role in the middle east.
However the Iraq war will be judged by history I think
there is one thing missing in the calculations of those who
planned the war. However you slice it this war is a
war of aggression not one of defense. In a world of law and
order no civilized nation would invade another sovereign
country on false pretext without causing widespread hostility.
The U.S. has to be willfully naive to sell this war as a justifiable war
of liberation to the many Iraqi whose lives it ruined and that Iraq
will turn into a US-friendly ally some day.
The hatred of those Iraqi who absolutely hate George Bush
would one day come back to haunt the U.S. Remember
most of the 9/11 terrorists were nationals of U.S. allies.
