Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on December 15, 2010 at 07:51:35

In Reply to: RE: "Restrepo": Seems to be the real thing . . . posted by mr grits on December 09, 2010 at 22:04:14

the scene where we blew away a bunch of civilians and a small child---- one of the most powerful ever filmed. And the officers continual harping on how wonderful the economic advantages were going to be because of their actions, how they had "agreed" to wipe the slate clean and move on from the deaths of their family and the destruction of their homes-- priceless examples of how clueless the military truly is about "hearts and minds."
Our troops, who terribly grieve the deaths of their comrades somehow don't see the villagers as being as human as they, that, even more so, these poor rural Afghanis have MORE to grieve: these are women, children, and family being killed--- and they're told it's so they can have more economic benefits. You couldn't write something more tragic.