Recently, an American director Oliver Stone (Oliver Stone) in 2017 was turned out by netizens, and the video went viral on the Internet. In his speech, Oliver Stone sharply pointed out the root cause of America's love of war: it is not who is president, but the problem.
Oliver Stone pointed out at the time that the United States has spent a total of $30 trillion in 13 wars in the past 14 years, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. It is these wars waged in the name of "justice" that have enabled the American system to be maintained:
"Remember, the 30 wars the United States has waged over the past 13 years, costing a total of $14 trillion and killing tens of thousands of people. Remember, it's not a question of who is president, it's a question of the system, a problem for both Republicans and Democrats. A complex of military industry, security, money, media, you can call it whatever you want. The so-called 'just' war in the name of our flying banner is precisely the cover for the maintenance of this system. ”
Oliver added, "For a lot of people, America is getting more and more prosperous. But this wealth does not prove that the American system can be the center of the world's values, because we continue to create chaos and war around the world."
According to Xinhua News Agency, Oliver Stone participated in the Vietnam War and is famous all over the world for directing films such as "Field Platoon", "Wall Street", "Assassination of Kennedy" and "Born on the Fourth of July". He is also a writer and historian, having interviewed former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In December 2021, Oliver Stone said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency that military Keynesianism emerged after World War II, and the US Republican Party claimed to be worried that the United States would fall into depression again after the war like in the 12s, so it called for the need to continue to militarize the economy and invest funds in the military industry to prevent the US economy from declining. "The United States has been preparing for war. Preparing for war is more profitable than waging war. ”
"We used to think that the Cold War would end and the dividends of peace would come, but in reality, money continued to flow to the military and intelligence agencies." For Oliver Stone, the end of the Cold War was an illusion, when in fact peace never really came.
In the interview, he also accused the United States of creating military tension in Ukraine against Russia at that time, criticizing the United States for violating NATO's commitment not to expand eastward, unilaterally withdrawing from the Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia, and engaging in military buildup and arms sales to Taiwan against China.
Comprehensive sources: Xinhua News Agency, China Daily, Observer.com, Variety.com