Every day, a huge number of tourists travel to Washington, DC, from all parts of the world to view the various historical sights. The film “War Game” begins with a man sitting in his car and staring at the Capitol as he snaps pictures of the Washington Monument. He’s not a visitor who posts photos of the sights on his social media; He remains calm in conversation with a passenger in his vehicle and expresses his wishes for American soldiers to “shoot and kill American defenders of liberty” as well as attack the Pentagon. It is sad. And then we see what and who he really is and what exactly he intends to do, and it turns even more horrible.
Joe Biden’s electoral victory was turned into a farcical spectacle for democratic countries on January 6, 2021, only because a group of Trump supporters besieged the Capitol building. To this day, some of them have the audacity to frame these individuals as “tourists,” yet videos show them violently breaking through barriers and smashing doors. Causalities resulted as some people from the mob and some law enforcement officials were hurt and others had lost their lives. Congressmen were obliged to move to the shelters till order was restored.
After the American Civil War, this was the first time that a brutal assault had been made on the rule of law, which is to allow a peaceful transition of power. This also resulted in the arrest of many key figures and participants, and the second impeachment of Donald Trump, who stood in front of a crowd and directed them to go to the Capitol in a bid to either contest the certification or stop it by all means. For the first time, it has also made it possible to look for the “political risk” of US assets.
On January 6, 2023, a cadre of veteran’s active and inactive government officials role played that almost an entire ‘nation’ with more resources and strength had invaded the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2024 elections. This was a tabletop exercise or ‘game’ to explore how serious the threat is, how wide the erosion of trust towards our democracy’s institutions comes from its incompetitors, and how our congress, parliament and armed forces can and ought to deal with it.
The scenario in question is well thought out, realistic and frighteningly plausible. It additionally consists of a replica of the White House briefing room, and along these lines, in a similar film set, there are recordings of the events of the day based on what was known at the time or more sensational lies purporting to dispense information on events. The adversary uses social networks, fake videos, and many of his adherents so well that they understand that violence against them will only legitimize and justify their existence.
Steve Bullock, the ex Democratic governor of Montana is acting as the President who has just won the elections by a tiny margin, which is less than one percent. On the other hand, her advisor is cast by the ex Sen. Heidi Heitkamp D North Dakota. Among those advisors who contributed to the fact situation is Alexander Vindman, Former Director for European Affairs for United States National Security Council, who reported the President Trump’s efforts, counted differently depending on one’s stood, to request or Buy Ukraine President Zelenskyy to delve into the business matters of Hunter Biden who was assumed to be Trump’s main opponent in 2020 elections. It is grim news that the people who were active in the exercise are retired military operatives who within their own military background were worried about the inner threat. In the words of Senator Heitkamp: “We’ve always been able to unite the country when the threat is external.” Nonetheless, we relied on a very disturbing type of exceptionalism in which we posit that the US is shielded against all the threats from rogue operators with military technology.
There comes a moment when one exercises a twist, and I let out an exclamation of horror because I saw how weak we are: in an instant, the most senior officials of the government shift from contemplating where to send out the armed forces to wondering whether the position headlined Commander in Chief actually has that power.
A host of motion pictures has familiarized us with the scenario where the world is said to be one step away from perish, there are important men (and on rare occasions important women) huddled up in a situation room and men from the military and CIA are seen with their eyes transfixed to screens filled with numerous computer monitors anticipating the threats and evaluating the possibilities. Most times, the emphasis has been on the action sequences: all the men who ever donned the suitof bond and how many actors have played Jack Ryan while alentours actors have elevated the causes of some of the most famous movies starring Steven Seagal and Tom Cruise. But we eat our popcorn knowing how those movies are going to end. There will always be james, jack, steven and tom in the picture. Therefore the particulars of the crises aren’t that relevant. We get a couple of details about some McGuffin of powerful something that is evilly inflicted enough to be able to lad high that some crazy stunts with chases and explosions will be used by our heroes to display their exceptional prowess cunning technology and heroics.
Few movies allow audiences to comprehend those dressed in suits, ties, and uniforms who send out the soldiers, the most memorable of which is probably the brutally funny “Dr. Strangelove” (and the sombre drama telling almost the same story released the same year, “Fail Safe”) and the unsung “Eye in the Sky,” revolving around the ethical, sociopolitical, and national security aspects of drone strikes.
For me, “War Game” makes it personal, and in a way, too. It certainly is the most terrifying movie of the year, one that makes me shudder all the more as it was not Homeland Security, NSA, Pentagon or Congress running the drill. Rather, it is the VetVoice Foundation which is made up of former servicemen who have returned to remind America that there are hundreds of armed extremists posing existential threats to the America’s peace. The viewer is informed that the Americans were eventually tutor on the central ideas. Here’s to hope they heard it.
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