Shocking -- again

Rating: 7/10 (14 April 2007)

After seeing the filming of Munich, the entire story came back to me. The movie is well done, but much too long and dragged out. For some obvious reason, the anger I felt in 1972, during and after this monstrous event. What anger? Of course the terrorists, who managed to get into the Olympic compound, and carry out their dirty job. The Germans, who did nothing and just let things happen, as they did. The Olympic committee, for continuing the games, as if nothing had happened, and the uncalled for reactions of the people responsible for this lack of caring. Stevem Spielberg, for managing to put a human face on the terrorists. His excuses at the beginning of the film, were uncalled for. Those terrorists, as well as the terrorists today, are inhuman monsters. When I heard the mention of releasing 200 of their prisoners, I saw no change today, where they kidnap, kill and request releasing terrorists, which we already did and they went back to their old terrorism. At the time of the these happenings, my neighbor in Michigan, who was at the Olympic Games, took the first flight home. She was sick and disgusted. She was not Jewish, but saw the inhumanity of the terrorists and the arrogance of the Germans. Angry? Yes! The movie is excellent, but it hits home and shows the terrorism, which has lasted to this day. By the way, my late husband, was one of the people sent a letter bomb when he was on diplomatic service for the UN, in the 1970's.