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Just saw 12 Strong in Abu Dhabi (9 hours ahead of EST over here). Only one comment: Go see it!
1 posted on 01/19/2018 3:44:38 AM PST by Shark24
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Trailer #1.

Trailer #2.

Plan to see this movie on Saturday. (that is a significant statement as I VERY rarely see movies on the large screen)

2 posted on 01/19/2018 3:50:00 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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the real men the real story...

http://www.gowatchfreemovies.to/watch-2aa944-Legion-of-Brothers-movie-online-free-putlocker.html


4 posted on 01/19/2018 4:08:49 AM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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I read the book. The question I have is what happened to the Afghans that our operators aligned with? Never understood how the current government came to be.


6 posted on 01/19/2018 4:43:23 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Crush the Democrats; see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of the girly men.)
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Immediately I wanted to see this.

By then I saw that Michael Shannon appears to be a major star in it.

I’m tired of filling the coffers with my money for people who hate us and our President.

Just Google.... Michael Shannon, Trump ....and you will get a barrel full of elitist hateful garbage against our President and all of us who voted for him

He must not be very bright to think no one can find his ugly words and attitude and how it might alienate future viewers of his movies.


7 posted on 01/19/2018 4:52:06 AM PST by Guenevere
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PS ...at movies we tend to suspend reality a bit and if an actor is playing a hero we like to think....yeah, I believe that...ie John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, etc

I could not watch this movie knowing how much Shannon hates our President and hates us.
Just a paycheck for him


9 posted on 01/19/2018 4:59:58 AM PST by Guenevere
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I'm headed to the big city today to go to the VA for some medical appointments.

I'm going to see 12 Strong at the theater after I'm done. It looks good.

10 posted on 01/19/2018 5:17:13 AM PST by HotHunt
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I really enjoyed the “Horse Soldiers” book. I think the main takeaway from the book was that it showed exactly how we should have prosecuted the war on the Taliban and bin Laden in Afghanistan. The deployment of heavy formations is what invited the IED as the primary weapon. It also would have kept the Afghan fighters in the forefront of taking back their country, albeit with SF and their access to air support.

Even better, learn the lessons taught by other conventional armies, like the Brits and the Soviets, and stay clear of Afghanistan entirely.


13 posted on 01/19/2018 5:39:11 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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