Freeper Joanie-f review of "The Great Raid" and what we dare not foget from it

FR ^ | 13-Aug-2005 | Joanie-f

[Diva Betsy Ross]

"But don't count on it winning any academy awards (which is all the more reason to see it..)"

I am with you Ms. Joanie. I am not known for my love of the Academy Awards either... *snicker*

[Clemenza]

Good review.

BTW: Do you STILL love Chachi?

[Jerez2]

Beautifully written. Thank you.
BTTT

[joanie-f]

No rational citizen capable of analytical thought can argue with your comments here.

But the bottom line is that scripture tells us that there will remain a faithful remnant (many of whom I believe are represented on this forum), and it may well be that, here in America, our future will rest on the continued existence of those who are grounded in a belief in, and a striving for, righteousness … and who will not allow their feet to be moved, no matter the chaos occurring around them.

If you care to read it, this is what I believe He expects of us now:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1124992/posts?page=716#716

Thank you for the very insightful comments.

~ joanie

[joanie-f]

Thank you!

[SuzanneC]

bump

[joanie-f]

I saw this movie this afternoon. There were tears and cheers during the movie and total silence leaving the theater. If this film doesn't move the movie-goer, then they have nothing to move.

Beautifully said.

[joanie-f]

I believe this film will rank among the all-time great war pictures, also one of the few films that isn't a let-down after reading the book (Ghost Soldiers).

I couldn't agree more. The only advantage the book has over the movie is that I believe the characters are more developed in the book. Other than that, the movie more than did the heroic story justice. A very rare feat indeed.

[Yasotay]

Side Note:

Col Bull Simons was one of the planners of "The Great Raid" .... he also staged the last successful "Great Raid" into Tehran, Iran ..... RLTW!!!

[joanie-f]

Never did love Chachi. That was just a vicious rumor manufactured by the Hollywood left. (Potsie had it all over him.)

[joanie-f]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[B4Ranch]

...but more importantly for the eloquent remarks about our nation and the lessons we must retain if we are to preserve our liberty and way of life, and if we are to ultimately survive as a people and as a culture.

Jeff, Since I joined FR, I have been posting about the illegal alien invasion which has now become an honest to goodness re-colonization of America.

Four states have changed so drastically that minorities now are in the majority. You say "if we are to ultimately survive as a people and as a culture." As a people, our nation, America is rapidly changing to North Americans instead of just good ole Americans. Our culture, thanks to the enforcement of the recent politically correct regulations and laws is almost gone. We are now a hyphenated nation of people who refuse to assimilate. We have so many different socialist cultures today that we resemble the United Nations more than a freedom loving people who once respected individual liberty and held our national sovereignty high with pride.

The world screams at us for having prisoners at Gitmo and our response is to release them! These prisoners have never held such a fine idea of what imprisonment can be in their minds. They know about beatings and whippings, blood splattered walls in the interrogation rooms. They understand what a mass burial is because they participated in them.

The just-released movie, 'The Great Raid' shows us what Americans once were. That was a time in our history when the President wouldn't dare opening our borders to illegal aliens because there would be an armed revolt at the first sign of selective law enforcement.

I think the days have gone past to where Americans could ultimately survive as a people and as a culture. Today our government encourages immigrants to maintain their culture. We celebrate diversity and multi-languages rather than unity. We encourage dual citizenships and promote divided loyalties. We are rapidly evolving into North Americans of a multiculturalist continent where national sovereignty is frowned upon. This social engineering process is being supported by both parties making it more difficult to determine who we should vote for.

Sure, there is a few of us who refuse to accept what we have allowed to happen to our once great nation but soon we too will die of old age and that debate will settle into past history. It will be another NON recorded vote with only very few present that sends us over the edge and erases America from existance. We will soon become another United Nations state rather than an independent country.

[B4Ranch]

"We must recognize that ‘their’ (our foreign and home-grown enemies’) assessment of the value of life is diametrically opposed to ours. And we must realize that they are forever attempting to camouflage that fact by either hiding or disguising their beliefs, or by deliberately distorting ours. If we don’t acknowledge that distinction, we will downplay the need for vigilance, and we will ultimately fail in our responsibility to step forward and fill the shoes of ‘the greatest generation’.

Reflecting on that distinction may prove uncomfortable.

Not doing so threatens our very survival."

joanie
Truer words were never spoken by anyone!

[joanie-f]

When you have the time, I urge you to also read this comment by Euro-American Scum, a fellow FReeper who is a Vietnam vet himself, and who made a personal pilgrimage to Normandy (and beyond) last year to pay homage to the those who served, and those who offered the ultimate sacrifice, for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day. He adds an extraordinarily moving personal perspective to the entire noble ‘greatest generation’ saga:

a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461919/posts?page=56#56

And some beautifully-worded, probing questions posed by FReeper tet68:

Why does our country no longer recognize the rightousness of our ideology? Has our society been permeated by the insidious tendrils of the left for so long that our will to defend and spread our way of life and government has been completely subverted? It's a far cry from the country I grew up in.

What the socialists pray for, a major defeat of US forces, with hundreds taken captive, would come to be the petard which they hoist themselves. Those captives would not be afforded the protections of Geneva, how then would the left justify their support of the terrorists?

Both E-A-S and tet are Vietnam vets whose patriotism can never come into question. And they both have their fingers accurately placed on the pulse of this republic. Combining the impact of their own personal sacrifices, and their ability to extrpolate their hard-won insight, it would be wise to respect their reading of our republic's strengths, weaknesses, and future ... and their warnings that that future is precarious at best.

[Brad’s Gramma]

This sounds like I'm going to have to break my MANY year's long record of not having seen a movie!!

Thank you to all for the head's up.

[joanie-f]

Thank you.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks...but thank Joanie for the review...I just posted it.

[Don W]

A Freeper Foxhole BTTT!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1460274/posts

[frannie]

I would have thought many freepers would have seen Ollie North's Sunday night show on this very rescue. He had some of the survivors and some actual film.

It starts with the surrender at Guadalcanal, goes through some of the Bataan Death March and ends up with the rescue.
It shows the welcome by the troops on their return to camp.

I understood that the rescuers were all volunteers.

If you haven't seen it, ALL should watch for it to be on and make a point of watching it. There are even some political statements that I found amazing. About WHO were expendable.

[Minuteman23]

Encore BTTT!