Watch The New Patriots
- 2005
- 17 min
"A timely and powerful work...exposes the hypocrisy of 'the war on terrorism.' The film is a reasoned, honest and inclusive discourse on what it takes to be counted as a true defender of freedom." -Perth International Film Festival Five U.S. military veterans - including a Congressional Medal of Honor winner and a woman West Point graduate - speak out about terrorism, patriotism and their transformation from warriors to peace activists. In the film Medal of Honor winner Charles Litekey asserts that "Without dissent we don't have democracy." "I just saw "The New Patriots" and was very moved. How brilliant to find these ex-military to add their voices to all those trying to stop our education of terrorists in this country. Never before has the point been made so clearly using the Sept 11 tragedy and Bush's own words. Thank you, thank you." -Susan Sarandon After the 9/11 tragedy the U.S. government called for the eradication of terrorist training camps. Not mentioned by officials was the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA), located at Ft. Benning, GA, described by the veterans as a school for terrorism. In the film a veteran reminds us that the lives of the tens of thousands killed by SOA-trained terrorists in Latin America are no less precious than those who lost their lives in the U.S. on September 11. More at www.RichterVideos.com