Cusack Rails Against Himself?

J.J. Jackson* | June 11, 2008

Filed Under Conservative Musings, Liberals, Military / Soldiers, Whiney Hollywood Types

John Cusack has never been accused of being the sharpest tool in the chandelier. But hypocrisy is nothing new for Hollywood liberals who rail against “profit” at any given chance while sitting in their multi-million dollar mansions.

If you haven’t seen this piece by Steven Zak in Frontpage Magazine yet, I highly suggest you read it because it points out exactly how shallow liberals are:

From the safety of his stateside home, actor John Cusack has produced, co-written and stars in a movie, “War, Inc.,” deriding firms like Blackwater, whose employees, at great personal risk, provide a service to their country in time of war. Since they make money, he brands them “war profiteers” who deserve to be treated as criminals.

In an interview in the Los Angeles Times, Cusack assails corporations that profit during war. “Corporations have privatized the war to the point where the war itself is the cost-plus business,” he rants. “They’re using the State Department as an ATM.”

He rails on: “They should be sent to prison. They should be convicted. Their ideology should be shamed. We should revolt against them. We should mock them.” And so he made a film to do just that.

He concludes with some obvious conclusions:

Do Cusack and his fellow travelers think it a crime for people to be paid for their wartime labors?

How about the soldiers who put their lives on the line? They get paid. Or farmers who grow the food those soldiers consume? Or truckers who transport that food? Or people who make the troops’ boots and clothes? Or workers who build military vehicles? Or journalists who write about the war (including the one who interviewed Cusack in the Times)? Greedy war profiteers all? To suggest so is about as rational as Obama’s plan to have tea with Ahmadinejad.

But if you can’t beat ‘em, you join ‘em. So, seizing the opportunity of war, Cusack has produced a film he no doubt hopes will make a profit. Sure, Cusack thinks war profiteers “can go to hell.” Except for Cusack, who ridicules them all — all the way to the bank.

Don’t worry Steven, if Cusack’s latest temper tantrum performs as well as the myriad of other anti-troop/war movies over the past year or so he won’t be going to the bank often or even at all. So maybe he won’t profit off this movie – but it won’t be for lack of trying. It will be because no one wants to hear what he has to say on the issue.

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