Hopefully I feel better tomorrow and can go see this awesome movie...
Luttrell an Murphy were not murderers. They could take the media backlash but not if they werent in the right.
Heck, luttrell is taking media backlash now, and standing up to it.
They were just thinking out loud. The media is no friend to trees guys and the media has been responsible for deaths, but not here. These guys were not going to murder kids to save themselves
That’s all
Save
Just damn
Someone should ask the media jabberers if they ever view the deaths of reporters in the field as senseless/unnecessary.
I urge all members of FR that can afford it to consider a donation to Marc’s foundation, The Lone Survivor Foundation. My wife and I have done so since it was formed.
The media = domestic enemies.
It is amazing to look at the interview with Tapper and see how he literally squirmed in his chair. He was most uncomfortable and I believe that is in part because he knows how the media have been towards our soldiers. There’s guilt in him.
Look at how comfortable, concerned and gentle our media is when interviewing terrorists, rotten and evil world leaders and the like. They’ve never demonstrated the amount of discomfort that Tapper demonstrated while interviewing Luttrell.
Saw the movie last night. The decision on the goat herds was definitely made out of concern about future prosecution.
The “Tie and leave them” option seemed a logical one. Villagers would have known where goats were being taken and would have searched for the herders when they didn’t return. By then, the team would have been across the mountain.
In summary, it’s a very intense movie with a good message. Luttrell is saved by a cultural factor and it seems good Karma for what was shown to the captives. The SEAL team culture is on full display in several aspects.
10. “Some members of the media might think they can brainwash the public anytime they like, but I know they can’t. Not here. Not in the United States of America.” (p. 376)