S3E14.5: Rules of Engagement
Added 2024-03-08 08:55:57 +0000 UTC2:12 AM: going back for more US Military courtroom drama
A decorated Vietnam war veteran orders his squad to fire on an unarmed crowd of protestors outside the US embassy to Yemen. But what if it was cool and fine for him to do it? Tommy Lee Jones will stop at nothing to prove that the crowd had weapons also and that every arab is part of a vast anti-american conspiracy to make Our Boys feel and look bad. This film is one of the most shockingly racist films I've ever seen,
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Comments
There's a really interesting discussion of the concept of rules of engagement in the book 'Sniper One' (first hand acount of the Iraq war). The question being, 'can you shoot the unarmed radio operator who is directing mortar fire onto your position?'. The answer that comes back from command is 'yes you can' because despite being unarmed, they are still an enemy combatant.
Evie K
2025-05-19 23:21:47 +0000 UTCFun fact, this movie's stupid premise near exactly happened in real life a few years later, when Marine special forces murdered a bunch of women and children and got kicked out of Afghanistan in the process for their incompetence
deathbysamurai
2024-12-11 01:37:06 +0000 UTCalso disappointed nobody said "A Guy I'd love to Pearce"
Ronin Fredricson
2024-03-27 21:06:25 +0000 UTCI feel like running back to fetch the flag is like equivalent to somtimes in movies when someone saves a child from a burning building and the kid is like "Wait! Charlie is still in there!" and the hero runs back and re-emerges and it turns out Charlie was a stuffed animal.
Ronin Fredricson
2024-03-27 21:06:03 +0000 UTCoh, if I can suggest a movie: Cloak and Dagger (1984)! A "kid spy" movie about a boy and a girl trying to keep a video game away from bad guys. The boy has a tux-wearing spy for an imaginary friend! The game contains a hilarious schematic that must be kept secret! No one's recruiting minors for their covert organization but the bad guys certainly don't seem to know that and do not hold back.
Joysweeper
2024-03-14 15:05:09 +0000 UTCChinese Fight Club, where the one rule is you can only talk about it by manipulating symbols you don't understand.
-Kris-
2024-03-12 22:10:12 +0000 UTCI was kinda on the fence about November's changed-during-production idea, but the Chinese Fight Club ending *really* doesn't make sense if that's not what happened.
-Kris-
2024-03-12 22:03:02 +0000 UTC
