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He's not totally wrong. When the DoD read the script, they deemed that it portrayed the military in a bad light and therefore refused to endorse it

They deem that shite for everything that doesnt suck major military peen while waving an America frick yea flag.

Of course they wouldn't endorse a flick that dares to portray a general who had completely lost his mind. Dude was stuck in the 60s era Cold War all acting like the fate of America was under threat from some Cubans to the point that his orders led to a soldiers death and a coverup.

The movie isn't anti military at all. Its anti pig headed dogmatic thinking taking precedence over logic. That the pig headed fool was a member of the military didn't mean it was anti military. It meant that even the people we might assume are the most admirable and upstanding can still end up being the villain when they let power go to their head.

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Posted by Jagd Tiger

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Posted on 9/21/14 at 11:48 pm to Dr RC

Yea the doctor was actually the one at fault more than anyone and as far as Jacks "I run my unit how I run my unit" deal, yea.. what goes on at gitmo probably should stay at gitmo.

It's actually pretty harsh to say the military shouldn't "train" soldiers, because that would just be mean and all.. lol, and yea you can see the anti religious tone from script and the hollier than though attitude of the elitist little punk snot jags.

But dam,, Demi Moore in a uniform,.. yum yum.

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Please tell me you have more. Phone calls and suitcases? Two men's lives are in the balance.

please tell me the lives of these two soldiers don't rest on a phone bill..

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Posted by CGSC Lobotomy

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Posted on 9/22/14 at 9:19 am to Dr RC

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The movie isn't anti military at all

You really think that the DoD is going to endorse a film in which one of the major plot points is the hazing death of a Soldier endorsed by and covered up by the entire chain of command?!

On its core, it's the typical, "only the young Soldier/rebel Lieutenant can save the day from the evil Colonel/General" motife.

Just because it has Tom Cruise, Kiefer Sutherland, Demi Moore, and Jack Nicholson doesn't remove that fact.

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