[TigersEye]

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. teaches us much on the screen and in real life about the LOVE of FREEDOM which is the Core Conservative Belief.

Amen! And amen to the whole of post #24. WWS's is a moving tribute to the men who fight for freedom but has no praise of war at all that I could see.

[VOA]

WWS's is a moving tribute to the men who fight for freedom but has no praise
of war at all that I could see.

That's generally the way I saw it as well.
And as something of a chess game...with Moore going over the mistakes of
the French and even Custer, while his opposite number had to figure out how
to fight the forces of a super-power.

Regarding "anti-war/pro-war" films, IIRC, director/author Peter Bogdonovich
recounted a story about director John Huston from the WWII era.
Huston was at a cocktail reception when a high-level US military officer
approached with fire in his eyes (I think it was an Army general...maybe).
The officer than verbally attacks Huston saying something like
"I hear you're busy making some d-mned 'anti-war' movie; don't you know how
unpatriotic that is?!"

Huston was reported to laugh and say "General, when I make a 'pro-war' film,
I hope you will have me shot!".