Haunting Munich

Munich was one of those films I missed when it was out in the movie halls, but our DVD rental had it on display yesterday and I grabbed it. So, we watched it last night, and it was good, very good. But haunting. It´s kind of been working my mind all day today. The movie takes a surprisingly objective stand on the terrorist acts and subsequent assassinations it relates. It places you in the midst of the action but doesn't really pass judgement except in the sense that it allows you to watch as the seemingly "normal" people involved disintegrate. So, the movie is sort of humane but also sort of creepy and certainly does not leave you at rest. What is all this violence, anyway? Well, depending on where you are coming from, it may be everything. The beginning, and the end. Everything, and nothing else is conceivable. It's a necessity and yet it brings no resolution. It's a vicious cycle, a snake biting its tail.

Then, to another issue: What are people actually thinking, scheming invasions into countries in a whole other part of the world, whose people we do not know, do not understand and who, if only we weren't imposing ourselves on them all the time and interfering in their business, would have no interest in having anything to do with us ...? Can we spare the anger we will be provoking? Is this somehow going to make the world a better place? Or is this necessary to keep the vicious cycle alive? Is the "devil" pulling our strings?

"He who has done evil, expects evil."
-- African Proverb