i haven't read the article, but i did see a 'report' on him the other day. i have to disagree with your statement that he is a moron. how is it moronic to want to see for yourself what iraq is? he has the money and the opportunity. if i had the same opportunity, i would be there,too. just because someone does not agree with the usa's aggressive behavior despite threatening finds in iraq, doe not mean that he is a moron. it means he can think for himself.
So you're saying that this second rate actor, who received a guided tour and helpful briefings from possibly the most disgustingly corrupt sadistic tyrant on Earth is now in a position to know anything approaching the concept we recognize as the truth? Please. It is arrogance, nothing more. He knows nothing and ceertainly learned nothing of value from his trip. The saddest part is that he is naive enough to believe otherwise.
his acting skills are not relevant here. what happened on his trip (the guided tours, the briefings) has been left to the media's showing. not only do i not have complete faith in today's media, i have don't believe that his entire trip was what was shown on tv or in the papers. i am sure that the man who put forth an effort to travel to iraq also put forth an effort to witness the country's situation firsthand - and yes, witnessing first hand brings truth. i doubt that penn (or most people) is stupid enough to believe everything that the was told to him from the iraqi leaders. anyone who doubt's penn's intelligence : would madonna have married a man that wasn't smart? you say he learned nothing of value from this trip. learning something of 'value' does not mean that he had to come back with details of weaponry (oh wait, the inspectors haven't found anything, have they?). learning something of value may be experiencing first hand the culture of another land, talking and listening to people who think differently than the corporate leaders of our own country. human life is valuable - and that is what i believe he went there to learn about.
learning something of value may be experiencing first hand the culture of another land, talking and listening to people who think differently than the corporate leaders of our own country. i believe all of this is what he may have learned. if you were given the chance to travel to iraq to experience their environment firsthand, what would you do?