A Satire on War

Movie: Catch-22
Director: Mike Nichols
I watched this 1970 movie yesterday. The movie is completely set in a war field, I don't know which one. At times it seems like World War II and at times there is no clue as to which war it is. The bottom line is that the Americans are fighting Italians. The story revolves around Captain Yossarian (Alan Arkin), the bombardier of a flying squadron. He has already flown 25 missions and wants to go back home. As per the law all flying squadrons should be rotated after 25 missions, but since the air force is severely understaffed the colonel continuously increases the number of required missions before rotation.
Yossarian rebels against this and is told to shut up and keep flying. Then there is the character known as Milo who turns the entire war into a business in which the army is the enterprise. Milo sells everything parachutes, blankets, first aid kits, etc and buys Egyptian cotton, art works, dry fruits, oil, granite stones, etc to sell in international markets. He even rounds up all the prostitutes in the town and starts an air force whorehouse.
This movie is certainly funny and exposes the murky underbelly of any army during a war. The movie depicts the fact that while fighters keep dying for the country the corrupt end up making money and attain glory. People like Yossarian who don't fit into this kind of an army end up frustrated and persecuted.
I guess that is what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan! Here is a trailer of the movie for you all to watch.