LONE SURVIVOR
Any of you who have seen this new film are invited to post comments here.Rodney and I saw it at a matinee this afternoon and it was intense, respectfuland well-worth seeing. Those who have read the...
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I haven't yet seen the movie but will eventually, hopefully it's factually accurate. I'm not a big Mark Wahlberg fan. I did read the book and the events it depicts are quite tragic. However there were...
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I too read the book, (it must have been several years ago), but Luttrell said recently on a TV interview, thatgiven the same situation again, he would opt to release the goat herders, rather than...
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The movie is good and gives a good feeling for the situation they encountered but knowing the story and watching the film you get a feeling of "Hollywood" - It seems that Taliban force grows each...
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The female soldier he was painting was 1LT Laura Walker from West Point. She was the Captain of the women's team handball team that won an NCAA championship for West Point. Upon graduation she turned...
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Hi,Here in southern MN and Albert Lea, we have a local connection to this epic story. One of the pilots who was shot down on the Chinook graduated from high school which is the same one I currently...
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I have not seen the movie yet but did read the book years ago. The critical scenes in the book as written by Marcus, were hard to digest. Very emotional. One recurring emotion from people who have...
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One recurring emotion from people who have seen the movie is that they felt anger upon viewing the movie.Agree wholeheartedly with this statement.Very angry.
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The notes about feeling anger are one of the main reasons I have neither read the book nor seen the film. Not sure how I feel about all this. Like it or not, we - the West - are at war with an...
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Restrictive "Rules of Engagement" results in a lot of good men losing their lives and ultimate defeat. It seems we never learn.
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...and I'd really like to know, exactly WHO conjures-up and writes these ROEs. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/aug/17/killed-by-the-rules/
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I think we have a pretty good idea where the ROE come from. If we truly ask ourselves who had the authority to give the stand down order on 9-11-12 leading to the dismissal of general Ham and admiral...
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One of the reasons that my friend Erik left his 2nd Ranger squad as a sniper was because of these "rules" that were getting many of his friends injured and killed. He got to the point where he just...
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When this thread began and I read the first few posts, I felt compelled to pre-order the DVD from Amazon. Well, it finally arrived. Knowing that my wife gets heavily engaged in any kind of...
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Anyone who read the book before seeing the movie would've wondered why the water bottle was changed-Luttrell made a large point about how disgusting it was, at 2 different places in his book. In the...
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Mark, I understand and respect your perspective as a historian on the snake and water bottle. I never read the book and I only bought the DVD because of the discussion in this thread. Probably most of...
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I agree with his analysis of what the general populace thinks about the war in Afghanistan.The media does an inadequate job of covering it and it is easy for people to ignore it andpretend the war...
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Even in Switzerland this movie had an impact. After seeing it I sent Marcus Lutrell a note requesting a signed copy of his book. The booke is even more intense as the movie. Ok there have been some...
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Mark, Most likely they sold some bottled water company a product placement when Pepsi wisely decided to pass on the opportunity.
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The tale continues:http://video.foxnews.com/v/3992661543001/lone-survivor-savior-seeking-asylum-in-the-us/?#sp=show-clips I wonder how this will play out. From the interview, I conclude that there is...
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