Mel Gibson criticized the war in Iraq in his first public statements since his apology for making racial slurs during his July drunk driving arrest. “What’s human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?” Gibson reportedly said at the Texas Film Festival, while promoting his new film Apocalypto. Gibson drew parallels between the collapsing Mayan civilization depicted in his movie and the United States sending troops to war in Iraq. “The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again.”
MEL GIBSON CRITICIZES WAR
