[Phsstpok]

The author is a former Marine who fought in Vietnam.  He was Assistant Secretary of Defense under Reagan.  I'm still not sure how this one is going to come out.  I'm particularly concerned that he put things in context in the book that will be lifted out of context in the film in order to slam Bush and company.

Excerpts from Random House web site for the book:

ABOUT THIS BOOK

“There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.”
——General Dwight D. Eisenhower

No True Glory is a firsthand account of the gritty fighting, political maneuvering, and ongoing struggle in this crucial city–a microcosm of the confused and frustrating Iraqi war.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

BING WEST is the author of several books, including the award-winning The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines and the Vietnam classic The Village. He served as a Marine in Vietnam and was assistant secretary of defense under Ronald Reagan. He lives in Rhode Island. Visit his website at www.westwrite.com.

[Jon Alvarez]

I can see this will be a bunch of garbage...just from the title.




Harrison Ford slams Bush policy, guns In Spain interview:

"I'm very disturbed about the direction American foreign policy is going," said Ford, according to the Australian Associated Press.

"I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East," said the 62-year-old Ford, the Australian news wire reported.

"I don't think military intervention is the correct solution," he said. "I regret what we as a country have done so far."





www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34310 - 21k

[Paulus Invictus]

Isn't he on the top of the list of Bush haters in Hollyweirdland? I think I saw his name and quotes on FR and he was just another rabid leftist with a mal-functioning brain.

[JeeperFreeper]

If this is the Bing West I know of, he is a retired Marine officer, who commanded a company of Marines in the battle of Hue. If Bing has any say, this will not be a "bash the Marines" movie. Read his books, the "March Up" and "The Village".
One of these days, maybe, Hollywoood will learn simply tell the story without embellishment, contrivances, romance or pretty faces. Occassionally, they do and the movies sell like hotcakes.

[sevry]

You know, Ford is old enough to play - Saddam Hussein. A little makeup? Who knows?

[windcliff]

I'm waiting for my close-up Mr. DeMille.

[Mi-kha-el]

"West's coverage of the war has tended to side with US troops."

Harrison Ford's though hasn't.

[Semper Paratus]

The Plot:

An evil Marine Colonel plots the destruction of a Fallujah mosque filled with Friday worshipers while a courageous Lt. crosses over to try to warn them before it's too late.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Vietnam draft dodger Harrison Ford finally gets his shot at pretending to be in combat. Maybe that puke Brian Dennehy will be his co-star.

[Captain Peter Blood]

The last film I can remember Ford doing was that awful picture where he played the Russian submarine commander "K-9 the Widow Maker". The acting was like a direct to video movie and so was the plot even if it was based on a true story. Ford was paid about $25 Million for 6 to 8 weeks work and he phoned in his performance. Needless to say it bombed and his next picture "Hollywood Homicide" bombed to.
All he's got left is if they make another Indiana Jones picture to put him back on top and I wonder if they will ever get it made. It's been delayed at least two or three times for lack of a good script.
I would guess he will play a geriatric Jones on his last great adventure and maybe die at the end. Who knows.