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| 2006-03-28 |
| Via DU: Another show I am going to dump! I saw the first and part of the second episode of this series. I only saw part of the second because I couldn’t stand the LLL direction it was going. I liked the first show and thought it to be kind of a military version of 24. In the second episode we get a bitter taste of the LLL koolaid when an agent opines: “Why do they build churches here where they are not wanted?” Also the “evangelicals” being rescued are more concerned with the church building than their safety. Also the wives of the Unit strong-arm a new recruits wife into accepting base quarters rather than living off post. They also want to force this woman to meet a Senator against her will because she is from her home state. The woman doesn’t want to because: “I didn’t vote for her.” Now I have the deepest respect for SpecOps, I thank God that they are on our side, and those that make it are among the bravest people I have ever met. But with all due respect to the SgtMaj he sounds awfully silly spouting off the LLL talking points in an interview. Granted he may have an opinion contrary to the Presidents but I am sure he can put it is his words and not those of Michael Moore, George Soros, and the MoveOn crowd. Also SgtMaj if you are advising a series how about not portraying EVERY negative stereotype about the military and maybe accentuate A positive aspect. Sorry but this guy sounds like he took a long pull on the LLL koolaid pitcher. Some quotes from the article: “The reasons of this administration for taking this nation to war were not what they stated.” “For the first thing, our credibility is utterly zero.” “Tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis have been killed in which no one in the U.S. really cares about those people.” “The only reason anyone tortures is because they like to do it. It's about vengeance, it's about revenge, or it's about cover-up.” “I believe in the good and the decency of the American people, and they're starting to see what's happening and the lies that have been told.” Does this sound like a retired SgtMaj or Al Gore? |
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge |
| #13 I read Haney's book ("Inside Delta Force") which was pretty interesting. But in the last chapter he describes this bizarre sequence of events in which he hunts down some bad guys in the jungles of central America-- only one of the bad guys turns out to be an American soldier Haney knew, who, ya see, must have been set up by the CIA yada yada yada. |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-03-28 19:33 |
| #12 Glenmore, I would also give the SgtMaj his due if his comments weren't taken directly from the LLL moonbat talking points. ItÂ’s obvious from the show that they are taking a LLL moonbat path and it also seems apparent that the SgtMaj fits right into that agenda. FYI there is a fair share of LLL moonbat liberals in uniform and retired. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-03-28 18:28 |
| #11 ZF - I disregard what TV show characters say, but the article was referring to what the technical advisor to the TV show, a retired Sgt. Major, was saying. I don't give a whole lot of weight to NCOs with just 1-2 enlistments, but retired lifers .... Same thing with officers - with the exception that the political aspirations of senior officership (Col. & above) reduces their credibility. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-03-28 18:03 |
| #10 Glenmore: I would have dismissed comments like this out of hand from just about any other source, but a guy like this does have a lot more credibility than just about any other source, so I have to pause a minute and question my beliefs. This is a TV show. What happens in a TV show is written by scriptwriters. The people on TV shows are actors reading lines from scripts. If you want to re-examine your beliefs based on what military people say, I think anti-war veteran websites would be a better place to look. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-03-28 15:27 |
| #9 His rhetoric is what gives it away. If these were the private thoughts of a wizened military man -- as portrayed in the story -- the language would be more temperate. But the over the top tone marks it as nothing more than the rantings of another moveon moron. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-03-28 14:45 |
| #8 “Why do they build churches here where they are not wanted?” Also the “evangelicals” being rescued are more concerned with the church building than their safety. Never heard words or comments like that uttered in my time in the community. Have not seen the show yet. Appears it might be a "wave off." |
| Posted by: DZSO 2006-03-28 14:16 |
| #7 This so called SGM is nothing but LLL pissed off peice of SH*T. It sounds just like he has been talking W.Clark.Just another little sawed off PISS ANT!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2006-03-28 14:09 |
| #6 The last 5 minutes of episode 1 made it obvious this would be LLL drivel. Sounds like I haven't missed anything. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-28 13:04 |
| #5 Why do they build churches here where they are not wanted? Here's a clue the writer appaernly did not have. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28: 19-20). Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." (Romans 8:35) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-03-28 13:01 |
| #4 s I said I respect these men, but I think the SgtMaj does everyone a dis-service by not using his own words and simply parroting the LLL fever swamp. The show had promise but weaving in stereotypes and LLL talking points turn me cold. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-03-28 12:49 |
| #3 "We have fomented civil war in Iraq" Ya right. Does this guy work for the NY Slimes and or Bin Laden.... Just another Wesley Clark. Shaking head and changing the program. |
| Posted by: Ebbeger Jomonter2910 2006-03-28 12:48 |
| #2 I would have dismissed comments like this out of hand from just about any other source, but a guy like this does have a lot more credibility than just about any other source, so I have to pause a minute and question my beliefs. Not change those beliefs, at least not yet, but question them, and look for some similarly credible sources to restore those beliefs. And I thought the program on rescuing the church kids was amazingly timely, in view of the rescue of the peaceniks from Iraq last week, and their lack of any kind of gratitude. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-03-28 12:39 |
| #1 That is why I never watch these shows. All LLL crap. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-03-28 12:19 |