Well, this is sort of disturbing, if only for its Hollywood-ish overtones...whatever that means.
U.S. troops psyched up on a bizarre musical reprise from Vietnam war film ``Apocalypse Now'' before crashing into Iraqi homes to hunt gunmen on Saturday, as Shi'ite Muslims rallied against the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
With Wagner's ``Ride of the Valkyries'' still ringing in their ears and the clatter of helicopters overhead, soldiers rammed vehicles into metal gates and hundreds of troops raided houses in the western city of Ramadi after sunrise as part of a drive to quell a spate of attacks on U.S. forces.
Umm, it's the crashing into homes part I have a problem with. Are we looking for them because they are shooting at us because we shot at them because they threw rocks at us and gunfire erupted or some other permutation of that scenario? I need another drink...
Gee, what a shame for whichever genius thought this up that they no longer use Napalm, then they could all stand around saying the "line", and feeling like Robert Duvall. I guess the subtle anti-war parts were overlooked by the designers of these little events. Not too surprising I guess.
posted by Jo Fish on 06.22.03 at 12:47 AM
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Other than for Cardinal Richelieu - I mean Karl Rove, subtlety is not a strong point in the Fascist Party.
posted by: Lurch on 06.22.03 at 06:06 AM [permalink]
I am not surprised by this. Way back in the early 80s, whenever we were on station in the Gulf or Arabian Sea, every time we pulled away from an underway replenishment refueling, an officer (who looked strangely like Heinrich Himmler) would play Ride of the Valkries over the 1MC, piping it out so that the supply ship would hear it also.
But then, the movies shown on the messdeck rotated between Animal House, Apocalypse Now and one or two other forgettable films. I've probably seen A.N. a hundred times.
