Bruce Willis Plans to Honor $1 Million Pledge (Reward to Saddam's captor)

http://www.wokr13.tv/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=F3A7547B-43C7-4E07-8FC3-D4463EDC97C4 ^ | 12/18/03

[lowbridge]

Movie star Bruce Willis is planning to honor the $1 million offer he made to the soldier who found Saddam Hussein.

The movie star visited troops in Iraq last month and promised to make the soldier who uncovered the country's former leader an overnight millionaire.

Willis is now trying to discover who he owes, and says, "It's a small price to pay. They're my heroes."

[MissAmericanPie]

You gotta love Bruce Willis. His only problem is that he doesn't make enough movies to go see. I have a limited list of who I will support at the box office. There are only about three people on that list and he's one of them.

[Dan from Michigan]

Yippee Kai Aye M@#^@#&@##!!!!!!

[Bluntpoint]

Mother what?

[Dan from Michigan]

Dude, Where's my car?..........

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

It was just a prediction. Hey, it's nearly the end of the year, and lots of predictions will be made in the next couple of weeks. ;-)

Oh, you may well be right. I was just curious as to whether any of our Military FReepers knew anything in the UCMJ which would formally preclude acceptance (I don't think so, but I don't know).

best, OP

[Bluntpoint]

Ashton is a world-wide, big time star!

[fortunecookie]

And now poor Demi is with Ashton. What kind of real man is named Ashton anyway? (hope I didn't offend anyone here) but I can't for the life of me understand what she sees in the skinny underage no-talent lowlife she is dating (?) now.

It really speaks volumes about Demi and about Bruce. But Bruce, despite his obvious differences with Demi, would not want us to be overly critical of her. A real gentleman. But she has become 'hollywoodized', at least in some ways. She just turned 40, perhaps it's a midlife crisis?? Recapturing lost/past youth?? But she's in terrific shape, is gorgeous, makes a decent living, has 3 lovely daughters and has separated from a class act ex-husband. I can't figure it out either. It's definitely a coup for Ashton. Maybe in 15 yrs or so Ashton can become the kind of man Bruce is, but I don't know. Bruce came up the hard way, finally breaking into tv just about 15 yrs ago. It did seem to build character for him. The sad part is, whatever Demi's expectations, Ashton is likely to want to move on in a while. (Remember Cher's bagel-boy?)

[StormEye]

"... But she's in terrific shape, is gorgeous, makes a decent living, has 3 ..."

Think plastic surgery.

[StormEye]

"... But she's in terrific shape, is gorgeous, makes a decent living, has 3 ..."

Think plastic surgery.

[Bluntpoint]

Ashton =

[jocon307]

"Do movie stars get residuals if we rent their movies or only if we buy them? Buying [only]."

Somebody is getting some Bruce Willis movie next Thursday!

LOL, probably one (or both) of my brother's in law.

Merry Christmas!

[stands2reason]

I think your sarcasm-o-meter needs fluid...

[CWOJackson]

"But Bruce, despite his obvious differences with Demi, would not want us to be overly critical of her. A real gentleman."

I read a recent (authorized) biography of Sean Connery where he recalled working with Kevin Costner on the set of the Untouchables. Sounds as if Costner was pretty full of himself and like to pontificate around the table in the evenings.

Connery would just sit and listen and not say much. One evening Costner started running down an actress he had worked with and called her a bitc...well, he called her a Hillary.

Connery let him run his mouth then quietly told Costner he was wrong. As everone was starring at Connery he replied, "The bitc. was my wife".

Costner was quiet most of the rest of that evening.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Thanks for URL

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That's Adequate (1990)

In Country (1989)

Look Who's Talking (1989)

Die Hard (1988)

Sunset (1988)

The Return of Bruno (1988)

Blind Date (1987)

"The Twilight Zone" (1985)

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"Miami Vice" (1984)

The Verdict (1982)

The First Deadly Sin (1980)

[fortunecookie]

LOLOLOL - GMI (get my inhaler)!!

[fortunecookie]

Great story. Connery - another gentleman.

[fortunecookie]

LOLOL!! True, just like Cher. I guess beauty (or so-called) is no indicator of what lies inside. The same insecurities and confidences as the rest of us in a prettied-up shell.

[freedumb2003]

Now if Baldwin would only honor his pledge.

And I believe Garafalo has a date with some broken glass...

[Atlas Sneezed]

There were 600 men involved in the operation. That works out to be $1,666.67 each.

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That would fund a pretty nice party!

[xzins]

savedbygrace; lowbridge; xzins; Travis McGee; Jeff Head

So far as I know it was a team effort as is most everything in the military. You could give it to the guy who picked Saddam up, but wouldn't it make sense really to give it to the intelligence team that put the info together? How about the commanders who assembled the intel team? Or those who trained the pick-up team? Or....

Really, you'd have to split it a number of ways.

But, I agree that if someone gives a soldier a bunch of money, there's nothing a commander could do to prevent it. In fact, there's nothing that would make it possible for a commander even to know it had happened. (except maybe the shiny, new Escalante in the unit parking lot.) :>)