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 Young definitely does not think democracy is the fundamental answer, however. "It's obvious in a lot of situations that democracy is not the best idea, because democracy was installed in Palestine, and they elected Hamas, [whose members are] not big fans of America. But Americans support democracy. Or at least the president and his administration support democracy where it's politically expedient for them. I notice that our biggest ally in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, does not subscribe to the democracy idea, and yet the president is great friends with the princes and the kings and everything." For Donahue's part, he offers only one idea: diplomacy. "I don't think we're ever going to feel safe in this nation, or be safe, until we're brave enough to elect political leaders that are able to reach out instead of lash out," he says. "We have no respect for diplomacy. We bombed Grenada for God's sake. I'm afraid we're really beginning to look like a warrior nation. $515 billion a year is the Pentagon budget, and that doesn't include the war! The war is a supplemental! And the war is going for $12 billion a month, that's about $145 billion a year. That's $660 billion dollars a year for things that go boom! It's no wonder: you give the president a cruise missile, he's going to fire it." All the while, American troops – not to mention an untold number of Iraqi civilians – continue to be injured and killed. In fact, Young's brother is over there right now. "He's doing well," Young says. "He's in Iraq for his second deployment. He'll come home in December, roughly. We try not to, during our phone conversations, we try not to focus on anything too heavy or depressing, we try to keep the conversation light." The immediate challenge for Donahue and Young is to get the word out about the film. "What I'm going to be doing now is trying to tap dance real fast to let people know that this film is out there," Donahue says. "We are rolling out in Landmark theaters in major cities. We open in Washington, then we go to New York, then to Boston, then I believe to San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and L.A. So what we're about now, is proving what we believe, and that is: people will |
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