It has been suggested by some that what seems like the inexorable strike between the Writers Guilds of America, East and West and The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers is akin to the present war in Iraq.
That is a glib distortion; one which completely misstates the present impasse.
The WGA is not some devious, messianic power seeking to impose a form of regime change on some far-flung entity. Nor should the AMPTP be mistaken for an enemy that is secretly armed with WMD -- other than Weapons of Mass Distribution, perhaps.
Let others speak of the merits of the Alliance's leadership, I can attest that it has been ages since writers have been represented by such devoted and determined elected and designated negotiators. To compare their accumulative experience and business savvy with a bungling White House which cannot finish a war over four years after winning it is as inappropriate as it is insulting.
There are no Sunnis in the WGA; no Shiites, no right or left-wingers; only a group of hard-working men and women who care desperately about not giving up any part of whatever past or future gains they know to be rightfully theirs.
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Keep the Strike in Perspective
It has been suggested by some that what seems like the inexorable writers' strike is akin to the present war in Iraq. That is a glib distortion; one which completely misstates the present impasse.
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