[Vision]

I'm expecting the worst but the scene in the trailer here the Iraqi is running to the humvee yelling "Americans Americans we love you" and the Marine yells "Thank you, Vote Republican!" gives me chills. HBO propaganda backfires. Starts this Sunday 9pm.

http://www.hbo.com/generationkill/

[LdSentinal]

Doubtful.

The liberal TV critic in my newspaper calls it "liberal propaganda." It likens Iraq to Vietnam.

He gave it half a star.

[rlmorel]

If my memory serves me right, Evan Wright is a RAGING liberal.

He works for Rolling Stone, I am pretty sure I have read his work before.

I would not soil my hands or part with a penny for the scumbags at Rolling Stone.

[jazusamo]

I’m very skeptical.

[weegee]

Time-Life-Warner-Turner owns both Jann Weiner’s Rolling Stoned and HBO.

Big Media circle jerk.

I wouldn’t expect anything from this.

Rolling Stoned also embedded a Democrat writer in the Bush 2004 campaign. Isn’t that something? Investigative journalism in how the “enemy” plans a campaign?

And the public was “shocked” to learn that the Bush 2000 debate rehersal tape was stolen and mailed by a Democrat.

[PGR88]

The Pentagon ought to re-consider the concept of embedded journalists.

I don’t know these journalists mentioned here (although Rolling Stone is like the Pravda Youth Daily, but worse, but from what I see
- journalists now feel “entitled” to be embeds
- they may understand the danger, but certainly expect protection
- is any scrutiny made of their coverage of the troops and what they will say afterwards?
- many are using these to make a nice bundle of money off their stories and the sacrifices of the soldiers they embed with. Is this being abused?

[Keith Brown]

The book was really good.

Not biased...just a look at the Marines being Marines.

Side note. This was the peace then wartime Marine Corps.

The MC that Wright wrote about was still “blowing the dust off” from years of non war. I was told by a gyrene radioman that the corps runs much smoother as a war machine now that it did that first year..... combat experienced NCO’s and Officers doing realistic training, most of the bed wetters have been run out etc.

Anyone else heard this?

[BallyBill]

Judging by the name, it does sounds bad.

I thought the guy that said "vote Republican" looked like an actor I recognized. Can't think of his name, a real "B" list guy, but I guess not. Unless he enlisted.

[Snickering Hound]

Hey Hollywood, we get it. You hate the war and you hate the troops.

Just don’t expect us to watch your tantrums.

[El Gato]

I read the book. If it's like the book, it's pure BS. Read "Why Americans Win Wars and Will Win the War on Terror", by Dr. Larry Schweikart (Historian) for the real story.

Also available from Barnes and Noble

[word_warrior_bob]

Rent “Deadwood” the best series HBO has put out, be warned of VERY salty language.

[streetpreacher]

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=250574E7B627B89E

[streetpreacher]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616098/posts

[metesky]

"Our military is being used as a hammer for purposes other than it's supposed to," he said. "And we should be aware of that. We're talking right now about doing the same thing in Iran, and we haven't learned the lesson of Iraq."

For all you people that didn't read the whole article and think that no liberal biases snuck into the series...

[mathluv]

I clicked on the thread because I thought Marine meant water animals.