By James Hirsen
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When the president needed a break from twisting House members’ arms to vote for the Obamacare Senate bill that nobody wants, Hollywood brought over a movie. Not just any flick though – President Obama got a preview screening of the HBO series, “The Pacific.” The popcorn was ready at the White House screening room. This mini series supposedly gives the history of the Pacific front during World War II. Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and some members of Congress rubbed elbows with Hollywood luminaries like HBO President Richard Plepler, director Steven Spielberg, and actor Tom Hanks.
Let’s remember Hanks started out as comedic cross dresser on the TV show, “Bosom Buddies.” Maybe he should have stayed a comedian. Time magazine put Hanks on their cover looking very serious next to the headline, “History Maker.” The sub headline read, “How Tom Hanks is redefining America’s past.”
The title of the article was, “How Tom Hanks Became America’s Historian in Chief.” From “Bosom Buddy” to “Historian in Chief?” America has been good to Tom Hanks, but recently he hasn’t been too good to America. While promoting his new series, Hanks spouted that America wanted to “annihilate the Japanese because they were different.” He then drew a totally illogical parallel with the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In Hanks’ twisted history, our war with Japan had nothing to due with an attack on the U.S. or the fact that at that time Japan attempted take over an entire continent. They occupied nations, enslaved them and even engaged in ethnic cleansing. No, it was just our wrongly held bias toward people who believed in “different gods.” So what does Hanks think is going on with what used to be called the “war on terror?” [more...]
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James Hirsen, J.D., M.A. in media psychology, is a New York Times best-selling author, commentator, media analyst and law professor. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and has made several appearances there on various landmark decisions. Hirsen is the co-founder and Chief Legal Counsel for InternationalEsq.com, a legal think tank and educational institute for the study of law in the media.
