A bright future, many attractive women, loyalty to country, glory of being a national hero, no matter how many sweet words to entice new soldiers, no one could change the nature of war. In fact, the nature of war is good for the authority and bad for ordinary soldiers. First of all, authority cannot be physically hurt by a war and even they could benefit from war. In most situations, they do not need to go to the battlefield personally. They just sit safely behind the battle and order their soldiers to fight for them. Authoritarians do not care about their soldiers at all; they only wanted to won the war. If their army won, they are the only people who actually benefit from the war. Therefore, authoritarians are passionate about war because of their ambition for power. In order to recruit more soldiers, they need to romanticize the war and use sweet words to entice their target. However, real war is far from new soldiers’ expectation. Actually, soldiers experiences innumerable hardships during the war in Iraq. They struggled through the war every day. During war time, every minute passed is very slow for them. When a tank stopped, they had to wait with fear for hours in a narrow space. If they were found by their enemy, they would be killed. They constantly hear gunshots, and when they heard gunshots everyone automatically hide. Countless gunshots scared them every day. Almost every soldier has suffered physical tribulation. Besides, soldiers have suffered psychological tribulation as well. War made them mentally unstable and they are under the threat of death every second. They also had to confront the death of their intimate comrades, which strengthen their anxiety and pain. To conclude, war is no good for ordinary soldiers at all. Authorities are only people who really benefit from war, and they only take their own benefits into consideration. Therefore, we’d better say no to wars and refuse to be cannon fodder.
“你们杀死了一个萨达姆，确带来了上百个萨达姆！”是美国人的错还是伊拉克人的错呢？
我想起了我们的国度，现在也还是发展中国家，曾经也经历过很多屈辱的历史，但是我们人多，我们团结一心走出了低谷，我们正试图恢复我们曾有的辉煌地位。目前我们的问题很多，但是，终究会好的不是么。
First of all, authority cannot be physically hurt by a war and even they could benefit from war. In most situations, they do not need to go to the battlefield personally. They just sit safely behind the battle and order their soldiers to fight for them. Authoritarians do not care about their soldiers at all; they only wanted to won the war. If their army won, they are the only people who actually benefit from the war. Therefore, authoritarians are passionate about war because of their ambition for power. In order to recruit more soldiers, they need to romanticize the war and use sweet words to entice their target. However, real war is far from new soldiers’ expectation.
Actually, soldiers experiences innumerable hardships during the war in Iraq. They struggled through the war every day. During war time, every minute passed is very slow for them. When a tank stopped, they had to wait with fear for hours in a narrow space. If they were found by their enemy, they would be killed. They constantly hear gunshots, and when they heard gunshots everyone automatically hide. Countless gunshots scared them every day. Almost every soldier has suffered physical tribulation. Besides, soldiers have suffered psychological tribulation as well. War made them mentally unstable and they are under the threat of death every second. They also had to confront the death of their intimate comrades, which strengthen their anxiety and pain.
To conclude, war is no good for ordinary soldiers at all. Authorities are only people who really benefit from war, and they only take their own benefits into consideration. Therefore, we’d better say no to wars and refuse to be cannon fodder.
两人逃跑，是因为恐惧。他们可能不清楚美军在说什么，也不清楚停下来会遭受怎样可怕的后果。他们逃跑，只是出于本能。
美军开枪，也是因为恐惧。他们不清楚兄妹俩是否携带了武器，是否正在准备自杀性攻击。只是，同样是出于恐惧，受害的是弱者。
另一个纪录片也提到过类似的故事。在检查站，一辆伊拉克人驾驶的车辆正要通过，美军一边喊“Stop”，一边用手做出停止的动作，也就是手心正对前方。但不巧的是，这个手势在伊拉克是欢迎前往的意思。于是，伊拉克人没有停下来，继续向前开。结果，美军又开枪了。。。
上影节抢票前粗略地浏览了一下每部电影的简介，着重看了纪录片的，首选了《西西弗斯》，然后自己还想看一部关于战争的纪录片。作为在和平年代成长起来的90后，战争是历史书上的文字，是模糊不清的影相记录，离得最近的距离，就是各大App上弹出的头条新闻。
这次看到《伊拉克碎片》，就毫不犹豫地买了票。看着电影最后只有仅仅三页的演职人员表，嗯，拿三个奖当之无愧。
电影是下午一点开始放映，本来能提前十分钟到的，想不到上海下起了暴雨，全身湿透地坐进开着大大的空调的剧场里，又湿又冷，给情绪打开了窗。那天的暴雨下的正是时候。
全片分为三个部分，导演通过不同年龄、身份的人们的眼睛，带着我们旁观了伊拉克在萨达姆死后，在经历着什么。孩童稚嫩的旁白和吟唱，讲述了一个个残酷荒谬的魔幻现实。迷惑的群众，为了生计苦苦挣扎，却总被拉进战火的余烟。身边暂时的安静，让恐惧愈演愈烈，不知道下一秒子弹是打在了脚边，是在朋友的大腿上，还是自己的肚子上。
虽然是2006年的作品，剪辑和拍摄手法在我看来却是细腻又前卫的。节奏把握精准，平实叙述中间，加入近景快切的冲突画面，同时又不会用大量直白的杀戮镜头和声音满足观众的猎奇心理，而是用细腻的，晃动的特写镜头把观众带入当时的环境，传达了那个国家的动荡不安，和迷茫困惑。
一个半小时的纪录片，结束在红蓝分明的夕阳中，脑海中还久久地回响着孩童的声音、祈祷的声音、子弹的声音。甚至隐隐约约，还听到了剧场里轻轻的叹息声。一个半小时，我离战争最近的一个半小时，也永远做不到感同身受。
那天的暴雨下的正是时候。愿世界没有战争。