Yes, exactly, whomever set this up knew what they were doing to our troops.
Yes... I was hoping DDL would get it.
The only people who knew who would win are the accountants standing bacstage. Not all the films nominated were about Iraq. Conspiracy theories are just that. It was just a nice gesture on AMPAS’ part to do that. The Academy is generally a conservative body that dooesn’t like political speeches and usually cuts them off.