MSNBC editor: "I hope it tanks at the Oscars" re:'Top Gun'

An MSNBC editor named Zeeshan Aleem doesn't like the US military or the people who serve in it. He attacked the US military and the movie "Top Gun," in a Saturday column calling the movie "insidious" and "poisonous." He also complained that the movie paints the US military in an overly positive light.

“‘Top Gun’ is as insidious as it is entertaining. It does not merely revive a forgotten human-centered spectacle; it also beckons for a return to accepting the American war machine as a beacon of virtue and excitement,” the avowed leftist wrote, claiming that the movie glorified the excitement of battle — which in turn, glorified war in itself. “It’s a poisonous kind of nostalgia, one that smuggles love of endless war into a celebration of live action.”

I suspect the concept of patriotism, bravery and freedom escapes people like him. Aleem was the guy who wrote about Kyle Rittenhouse and his logic and message were as clear as mud.

Even after the young man was cleared of murder and judged to have used self-defense, Aleem wrote:

"For many the verdict is an outrage and a brazen miscarriage of justice. Rittenhouse is a Blue Lives Matter enthusiast who went to protests against a police shooting with a military-style rifle that he obtained illegally."

Either Aleem is lying or he's an idiot. Of course, both things can be true at the same time.

The only 'military-style' thing about Rittenhouse's AR-15 is the shape of the weapon, but for it to be military-style, it would likely have a selector switch that would allow it to fire both semi-automatic and automatic. His rifle was semi-automatic, like most civilian rifles and handguns.

Second, Rittenhouse went to the protest as a medical volunteer ro tender first aid if needed and that would have been rendered to both protesters and their victims of violence. Aleem conveniently didn't mention that in his article.

Third, he did not obtain the weapon illegally. The law allows a 17-year-old to possess a long gun. On the other hand, one victim, Gaige Grosskreutz, was holding a loaded gun with a round in the chamber and was posing a threat, according to the testimony of a Marine Corps veteran who had been guarding a Kenosha dealership alongside Rittenhouse in August 2020.

In the article, Aleem later admits the rifle was legal, so he wants to have it both ways and reality is his biggest problem.

But facts don't seem to matter to Aleem who went on to call 'Top Gun' "literal propaganda." His reasoning is that the military gave the filmmakers access to real aircraft, which in days of yore might be called advertising. 

“In exchange for access to military aircraft, the producers of the movie agreed to allow the Defense Department to include its own ‘key talking points’ in the script. Perhaps equally important, the script had to be written in a manner that flatters the military in order to secure the buy-in of the Pentagon,” he wrote.

Isn't that terrible? The military wants the people it protects to like them and maybe even enlist one day.

Aleem went on to argue that the 2022 film and its predecessor were used to “rehab” the military’s image as it has been depicted as evil by the left, causing periods of decreased popularity. Military popularity and patriotism takes away from the left's call for gender mutilation, defunding law enforcement, and the killing of unborn Americans. Pretending you're the opposite gender has become the popular trend amongst the trendy kids and their teachers are promoting this a hell of a lot more than a movie promotes patriotism.

We shall find out tonight if 'Top Gun' won any awards, but it's Hollywood, so don't hold your breath.

Zeeshan Aleem is the worst of America. 

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