My first issue with the movie was the government’s failure. The
government that fails to protect its citizens invites terrorist organizations
like the RAF. The fact that the German police sat by while the Persian thugs
beat the populace senseless was unacceptable and inappropriate. If anything the
Shah of Iran should have been beaten and dragged to a court house by the rapid
response of the police for causing a riot.
Now on to Meinhoff. Meinhoff was a coward. She may have felt
what they were doing was right but it was apparent throughout the movie that she
was torn as to what she felt was the right thing to do. She at any point had
the power to end the escalating situation but decided to quietly support it.
Though it appeared that she did so quite reluctantly. She even goes so far as
to flee to the East (Jordan?) and join them in a more formal terrorist training
regimen. Apparently part of the group now.
Meinhoff eventually managed to brainwash herself to the RAF
cause. (very clearly the wrong choice) She even decides that giving her
children over to the Palestinians, never to see them again, may be the right
thing to do. (though they end up with their Dad) I nearly laughed at how absurd
this woman is, creating a better world for her children by giving them away to
a militant terrorist organization. That’s got to be better than the Germany she
left behind (sarcasm).
I sympathized with the police, The war against “The Enemy of
the People” had gotten personal for many of the police. The fact that so many
of them were taken alive I think really speaks volumes of the discipline of the
police force. I was half expecting a shoot to kill order to be given in regards
to known members of the RAF being they seemed to be more willing to die than be
captured.
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