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Restrepo tonight, National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
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Posted on 03/02/2011 5:15:18 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie

Must see movie. Awesome troops in Afghanistan. Makes you wonder why we are there, especially to see a documentary without an answer to this question. Must see movie. 9:00 p.m., Nat. Geo. Channel.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; iraq; propaganda; restrepo; troops
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To: macquire
I have a Marine son and an Air Force Lieutenant Son.

Thank you. Please pass along my appreciation to your Marine son and Air Force Lieutenant Son for their service.

21 posted on 03/03/2011 5:14:36 AM PST by beachn4fun (Now is the time to demand that INS close the revolving door.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Shows the pointlessness of 0’s war. Those kids gave it hell and then the US abandoned the valley.
22 posted on 03/03/2011 5:23:14 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse, Lakota Sioux)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Shows the pointlessness of 0’s war. Those kids gave it hell and then the US abandoned the valley.

Yes, that was the ultimate message.

23 posted on 03/03/2011 5:29:28 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Must see movie

No it is not. It is a crashing bore.

24 posted on 03/03/2011 5:57:57 AM PST by Rapscallion (The founders gave us the tool of impeachment for a reason. Now more than ever.)
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To: Rapscallion
No it is not. It is a crashing bore.

Explain, please.

25 posted on 03/03/2011 9:53:35 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: pgobrien; The_Media_never_lie

I believe that Junger and an independent producer embedded with this unit; it was not a Nat Geo production.


26 posted on 03/03/2011 10:40:33 AM PST by JoyjoyfromNJ (everything written by me on FR is my personal opinion & does not represent my employer)
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To: Rapscallion

A Bore? You did watch it didn’t you? Can’t imagine anyone with an ounce of testosterone calling this film a bore.


27 posted on 03/03/2011 10:48:16 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Loved the film. You can’t get much closer to reality than that without being there. It was very disappointing to learn we pulled out of the valley giving the important strategic location back to the bad guys. It was also maddening to watch them do knock-n-talks with tribal elders you just knew were supporting Taliban fighters.


28 posted on 03/03/2011 10:59:00 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Seen it. The sorrow on the faces of these young vets at being betrayed by Obozo mirrors what we saw in each other when we came back from Vietnam. When our best refuse to serve any longer, we will be finished.


29 posted on 03/03/2011 11:55:56 AM PST by pabianice
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To: The_Media_never_lie

One of my OCS cadre at Fort Benning was one of the officers @ Restrepo. He gave a talk about it. He was by far the finest cadre member there for my cycle and we voted him as such.


30 posted on 03/03/2011 1:34:12 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Thanks will DVR.


31 posted on 03/04/2011 9:04:12 AM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: The_Media_never_lie

No it is not. It is a crashing bore.

Explain, please.

Standing guard at the pass and then retreating is not really exciting. You’re no warrior, right?


32 posted on 03/05/2011 4:08:25 AM PST by Rapscallion (The founders gave us the tool of impeachment for a reason. Now more than ever.)
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To: NavyCanDo
A Bore? You did watch it didn’t you? Can’t imagine anyone with an ounce of testosterone calling this film a bore.

I did watch it. It's about standing guard at the pass for months and then retreating to come home. That is not being a warrior. It is being on guard duty.

Since you made this personal, I looked at your bio page. You are a liberal democrat in uniform right? As you grow up I hope you grow a pair.

33 posted on 03/05/2011 4:13:13 AM PST by Rapscallion (The founders gave us the tool of impeachment for a reason. Now more than ever.)
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To: Rapscallion

I’m not going to trade personal jabs with you, but you should have explained better in your first post why you thought it was boring. Without stating your reasons, which maybe we could debate openly here, I could only assume, you thought a war documentary is boring for the same reason my wife will not sit down and watch one with me. So, my apologies to you about the lack of testosterone comment.

Now back to it being “boring”. I don’t think anyone posting here liked the outcome, trading a couple of soldiers lives for nothing. We probably all can agree with you the “cop on the beat soldiering” is maddening, especially in a place like Afghanistan. And the soldiers in the film and the families of those who were killed would be more upset at the policy than any of us could be, I assure you. But none of those soldiers would say “my 10 months up at Restrepo was a freeking bore”.
Did you not here the part where the outpost took fire almost every day? Did you not here the comments made when the helicopter cleared the top of the hill and they first saw the valley? They knew they were flying into and will be debarking into Hell.

I’m glad the camera was along, and I got to watch what it is like at an outpost in unfriendly territory. I was not bored, I was educated.


34 posted on 03/05/2011 6:14:43 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: NavyCanDo
Okay let us be friends again as good Americans can and should be.

I so admire our troops in combat. They may be the "best" generation to have ever served. And being there on the lines is certainly not boring; it's admirable.

All that said my issue with the movie is that Hollywood made it. They have such evil and wicked biases. They never make the troops look good, just brutal or horribly wounded or dead.

I felt the director and producer created a movie about guarding the pass, a more or less passive activity as opposed to the same kind of forces in Afghanistan who go village to village to village and house to house under fire projecting the goodness of America and the humanity of the American soldier. I write with knowledge of this as my neice is there on her second tour on a community relations team of soldiers handing out shoes, clothes, tools, medicine and good will as thery try to protect the people's lives and way of life. I know somebody has to guard the pass. It must be done. It's just not the best job for our soldiers and not the best image to project back home to show their real virtue and valor.

35 posted on 03/05/2011 3:52:30 PM PST by Rapscallion (The founders gave us the tool of impeachment for a reason. Now more than ever.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Great documentary. Wish they had more episodes.


36 posted on 03/05/2011 7:52:37 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Sounds alot like Veitnam.


37 posted on 03/08/2011 4:08:33 PM PST by freedomtrail (The Fourth Seal has been opened. Three more to go.)
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To: freedomtrail

Yes, it does sound a lot like Vietnam. We are winning the “hearts and minds” and waiting for Godot on an exit strategy.


38 posted on 03/08/2011 7:45:58 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Sad news.

I thought I would let you know that Tim Hetherington, one of the directors of this excellent documentary, was killed by mortar fire in Libya today.

I have not seen this news on FR, but I was on the student paper at NC State, and also friends with, a photojournalist (Chris Hondros) who was gravely wounded in the attack as well.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/20/libya.journalists/


39 posted on 04/20/2011 12:24:49 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day

I am very sorry. This whole Libyan adventure is not worth the death of this brave individual. May he rip, and may God comfort his friends and family.


40 posted on 04/20/2011 1:29:16 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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