Buckshot Bear Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 We had a Mark Wahlberg couple of nights, first with Shooter and then with Lone Survivor. Tough viewing Lone Survivor, a lot of people died because they didn't tie those three Taliban up, take them with them (to increase the distance they had to run back to the main group of Taliban) or kill them. I lost count of the times I said to myself "why did you let them go" as I saw those Seals getting smashed falling down the cliffs, and shot to pieces and then watching the Quick Reaction Force's helo take a direct RPG and all aboard killed. And how frustrating for them to lose communications......truly a tough movie to watch and the rolling credits at the end with the real life photos of the killed operators is so moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Howdy,, Thanks I will add that to my never watch list. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Operation Red Wing , harder to watch when you had worked with them , Korangal Valley was not a fun place to be , spent 2 years there and one in the "Worlds most deadly city " Tal Afar Iraq fun times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 The movie is quite well done and largely based on a real event. I've watched it several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Letting those Taliban go was a fatal mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Lone Survivor Blackhawk Down 13 Hours in Benghazi All excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Falcon, SASS # 46139 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 19 hours ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said: Letting those Taliban go was a fatal mistake. My thoughts exactly! Why did they let them live? Compassion has a place but not where folks are trying to kill you. I knew the outcome but I still cringed with all the Americans who died just because they let some ragheads live. So sad! PF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mild Bill #2326 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I read the book, and the way I understand it is they were afraid that the American news media would find out if they killed the ragheads, and would crucify our men in the press. So, many died because of that fear. May it never again be a factor where our servicemen’s lives are a stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 8 minutes ago, Mild Bill #2326 said: I read the book, and the way I understand it is they were afraid that the American news media would find out if they killed the ragheads, and would crucify our men in the press. So, many died because of that fear. May it never again be a factor where our servicemen’s lives are a stake. Exactly correct. The do-gooder libtard media would have had a fun time curcifying our men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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