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2008-11-10 Afghanistan

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Posted by tu3031 2008-11-10 10:20|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Two hundred fifty grand was allocated for this dumpâa quarter mil! By the time that money was passed from cousin to brother to friend and handed down to the contractor who finally slapped the structure up, there was only $40,000 left.

The Chicago Way! Maybe the O'man can work it. /sarcasm off

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-11-10 12:21|| 2008-11-10 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 A long piece, but a great read. My favorite quote:
"Goodwill is the key to this multifront counterinsurgency. Its the only way to win the locals away from the brutal scum whove enslaved them in the past and over to some semblance of liberty and the rule of law. Thats why Information Operationswhat they used to call propagandais so important. Thats why the bad guys work so hard to spread lies about us.

And thats why Hollywood should maybe try not to help them."

"Leftist movies portraying our troops as reprobates and fools may not make it to the wilds of Nuristan. But you can bet they make it to the headquarters of our enemies and give them encouragement, not to mention ideas. They make our soldiers mission harder and increase the danger to their lives. And heres a funny thing some people in LA may not understand about those lives: theyre real. Commander Perez and Rory and First Sergeant Mitchell and all the resttheyre not characters played by actors. Theyre real Americans who left real parents and wives and children at home and opted to fight our enemies in dangerous places far away. I dont think De Palma and Robert Redford and Paul Haggis are bad men. Theyre certainly entitled to believe what they want. But when they make these movies during wartime, when they endanger these soldiers and their mission, I think theyre doing something badsomething wicked, really. They are aiding and abetting the enemys Information Operations. And they ought to stop."

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-11-10 13:44|| 2008-11-10 13:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. Klaven has another article worth looking at in which he discusses how film has examined war over the decades.

Posted by Steve White 2008-11-10 15:16|| 2008-11-10 15:16|| Front Page Top

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