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Typical Hollywood projecting what they think is how a situation like this would play out. Compare that with the current actions of how our President and his cabinet, and the military are dealing with Iran right now, shows just how wrong Hollywood got this.
1 posted on 03/21/2026 8:45:18 AM PDT by shotgun
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Obviously throw together quickly to make Trump look incompetent, aloing with out military, because they believe that Iran represnts this kind of incompetncy. The reality thoufh, is that the ifnoring the Ilraian porblem has only steady gotten worse. Iran obtaining nuclear weapons was inccompertent. Trump is doing the right thing, because strong presidents tke care of business, while weak presidents allow the problems to increas in size & scope.


2 posted on 03/21/2026 8:54:47 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Did not see, but as with almost all media, there is an agenda. Then again, few of us know how we would react to and perform under extreme stress. We are all Chuck Norris in our own minds, but when TSHTF would our actual response lean towards Barney Fife ?


3 posted on 03/21/2026 8:55:55 AM PDT by buckalfa (More chaos and disruption please)
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That reminds me of 24 where civil servants could be fired or rehired during a single day of crisis. A more accurate show on that level of personnel action in government would be 24,000 to show the multiple years of bad reviews needed to fire someone. It’s easier to promote a bad employee to a different department to get them out of the boss’s hair.


4 posted on 03/21/2026 8:59:09 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Dept. of Education should teach about Nietzsche: DOGE didn't kill it and now it's stronger than ever)
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Interesting. They totally freaked out about one missile. Iran has launched thousands of missiles, many have entered space and come down, just like the movie. So what are the Democrats reaction to “no threat”? They just launched missiles at Diego Garcia that traveled with at least a 4000 km range. I guess stupid people like Senator Murphy or Senator Mark Kelly won’t be happy until one of our cities is nuked (they prefer a red city so they can maintain control over the ashes).


5 posted on 03/21/2026 8:59:20 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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The people who write the scripts have no knowledge of military operations or the people who carry it out.


6 posted on 03/21/2026 9:00:29 AM PDT by NavyShoe
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I’m surprised you could stomach such a stinker to the end. Sometimes, when I’m watching a stinker, I think “This HAS to get better” but it never does. Next thing I know, the credits are rolling and I’m thinking “That was a big waste of time.”


7 posted on 03/21/2026 9:01:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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In before: “I threw my TV away in 1985, don’t miss it at all.”


8 posted on 03/21/2026 9:08:14 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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maybe it was a comedy, they’re laughing at you for watching it. Seriously take it as a joke, better to ridicule than to be offended.


12 posted on 03/21/2026 9:24:31 AM PDT by sopo
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I think that the impact of a single nuclear weapon, if deployed by a minor power (typically N. Korea in a lot of scenarios) is overstated.


13 posted on 03/21/2026 9:30:19 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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Yeah I saw that movie. It was stupid fear mongering.

And the part where the guy walks off the roof - GMAFB!


21 posted on 03/21/2026 10:12:38 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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Sure it will get Best Picture at the next Oscars.


22 posted on 03/21/2026 10:14:59 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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