Why does the movie Kelly’s Heroes come to my mind before Monument Men?
I can hear it now...
ART MOS (not artillery) : “But Sgt - it looks so posh to have the M60 mounted there...don’t you think it would look so much better if we gave it a more elegant backdrop over there....”
SGT: Look here glamour-puss, we’re trying to make the “Killing Fields” in this situation not the bloody met opera version of Ms. Saigon! Now get your bony ass in gear and figure out where my coffee got to....
“how are troops to know whether they are taking their positions behind mounds of insignificant rubble or inside the precious remains of a 3,000-year-old temple complex?”
***Please*** send cameramen with them. I wanna see how it goes the first time some army art major tells a grunt hiding behind a pile of rocks to leave cover, because the rocks he’s hiding behind are more important than his life.
Grunts are downright mean sometimes. They are also quick to pick up on people who seem to care about things other than their lives. That would be some funny TV.
In Iraq we were very aware of the cultural significance of many places through which we campaigned. It was not US forces who were the problem, in fact, we were often the ones risking all to keep from destroying some landmark. Our opponents? Not so much...
Ridiculous
Well, the navy is always looking for interior decorators.
/ Snark
Well, good... they may have to start by protecting our own cultural heritage from antifa, black lives matter, and vandalizing rednecks...
When I was in Basic, the drill instructors asked if there were any artists in the group. Five or six guys raised their hands. While the rest of us marched off to the rifle range, they had to paint a 1,000-ft fence (iirc) out in the sun, in temperatures over 100F. They were still at work when we returned. NEVER VOLUNTEER!
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Just know that the Islamists don’t care about or respect the ancient sites to false gods. The Taliban blew up ancient Buddhist statues in 2001 because they were forbidden under Islam.
China too has thrown out ancient history. Monarchs are old and Communism is the new history.
Hi.
What happened to kill people and break things?
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Insert the Monty Python sketch about the recruit joining the Durham Light Infantry so he could further his interest in interior decorating...