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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:08 AM Original message |
Recently saw Black Hawk Down and was disgusted by the propaganda |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. What color skin should the Somalians have had in the movie? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. way to miss the point |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. S/he fucking nailed your ass on that one. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Nah, trust me, I'm not the only one to make these observations |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. WTF? |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Suppose, just for the sake of argument, that only one of the US soldiers *was* actually black. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I find that really hard to believe |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I'm not speaking of all the soldiers in Somalia on that day, but rather |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
61. No, dammit, dig *up!* (nt) |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Okay... |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yes, because portraying African people as black people makes no sense! |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. LMAO!!!!!! |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. White! How, do you say?.... |
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Katashi_itto (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Propaganda? |
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Katashi_itto (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. CIA FACTBOOK... Says |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't watch "Zulu" or you might get sad. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. You do know its based on a actual battle, right? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yea, and |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. well when the ACTUAL Somalis were black and the ACTUAL Americans were white |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Many American military commanders keep that book on their shelves as a guide |
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Katashi_itto (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. That and "Team Yankee" are the bibles |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've seen it |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. hmm... i remember it was a good movie, and it's probably a poor recruiting tool since the US dudes |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't know if Pearl Harbor from the same year (2001) by the same producer (Bruckheimer) |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I didn't see Pearl Harbor but Black Hawk Down was pretty bad |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Pearl Harbor was awful. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'd almost buy into your theory if it wasn't for the fact that the movie was based a real story |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Hollywood often takes liberties with true stories |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. True. But the facts are that Somalians shot down that helicoptor. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. I think the OP might have meant this... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Well, to be fair |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Probably the closet would be our intervention in the former Yugoslavia region |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. I guess we should invade Poland just to equalize things, then |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I'm thinking of the past, and central america and south america. |
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occupyeverywhere (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. The movie was made with the full cooperation of the Defense Dept. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Uhhhh.... |
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occupyeverywhere (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Not sure how to respond to your comment |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Not everything is propaganda... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. Its purpose was to (help) bring down Clinton, not to be racist. |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Is that why it was released in 2001? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Do you know the name "Hillary"? The Republicans play a long game. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. yeah, remember some about the movie |
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leftyohiolib (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. wow, someone's gonna need ice to ice down the groin muscle after that stretch |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. I thought it was a great movie |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. Choosing to make a movie about the battle was a racist decision - the rest follows |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Not sure where you got this from: |
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rjj621 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. Sounds like a stretch to me. |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. Intervention? |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. Hollywood/Pentagon cooperative ventures |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
34. of course it's propaganda |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. Oh for fuck's sake. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
36. Typical Republican Revisionism: In that movie they make Somalia "Clinton's War" |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Probably for oil, right? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. To be honest, I have no idea why Bush I started that war, but he did start it |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Absolutely, he started it |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Wow... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I hate when people overanalyze things in order to confirm their own beliefs. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. self-delete |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. K & R |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
52. I think I know what you mean |
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snort (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. IMO the best thing about the movie? |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. That's the reason I have never seen it nor ever will.... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. There was a documentary made a couple of years after the movie detailing |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. Wow, this is one of the most contraversial movie reviews I have read on DU. |
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