This is a Hollywood version of Nikolai Gogol's "Dead souls". Definitely a masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2019)

The title of the film - "War machine" - fully reflects the very essence of the military-political machine as well as the deep essence of the personality of General Glen.
The catchphrase is a quote from the movie: "These guys thought they were the most important guys in the world."..
It is unlikely that I will spoil someone's viewing of the film, if I say that it is the integrity, rightness & this excessively inflated "importance of the mission" (that is "EGO", false "I") which leads to the mechanical inadequacy of the main character, devoid of a _measure of distinction_. Plus nothing to add for the "happy" General's wife, for example. Unfortunately, the process of inner degradation is so irrevocable that "integrity and uprightness" practically deprive all these characters of the opportunity to realize the horror of emasculation ("robotization") of their souls, lacking true deep sense of unity with other people.
Sad but true, the Oscar was given not to this masterpiece, but to the pseudo-patriotic "The Hurt Locker" with its primitive motto: "war is a drug"... (((
P.S. Brad Pitt - brilliant play!!!