Jarhead....Hoo-rah! (if you saw the movie)

[OKDem08]

A point of disagreement w/me and my husband:

He believes Jamie Fox's character (especially in one of the last scenes) was sarcastic in reference to his pro-military attitude and involvement in the Marines

I believe it was a genuine attitude & the result of a couple of decades of mental conditioning which leads one from independent thought & inclined to group-think

What do you think?

[babylonsister]

1. I think you're lucky you saw the movie! Really! nt

[David Briggs]

2. Oh it's genuine.

They get their nougat dipped and their caramel swirled at the candy factory. It is why so many voted for Bush.

[Duer 157099]

3. Totally agree with you

I saw it today; those guys are totally and completely brainwashed, it's very much like cult conditioning. Explains why today so many of the soldiers in Iraq are pro-Bush and love the war, doesn't it?

[slybacon9]

4. Genuine. I thought it was sarcasm, but then he suddenly got real

about it. I just saw it last night. I thought it was great really... thought it could have done a little more to allude to the stupidity of the war now, but it had those moments too... I didn't like the very very ending, but i did like the "we are still in the desert"

got that right.

but no one asked for my movie review did they... k.. i shut up now

[OKDem08]

5. Yeah & that disgusting scene in which they were fighting over

the ability to score a 'kill'. My god, how disgusting!

I am beginning to see my country and the world in general in an entirely different light.

[UTUSN]

6. The #1 Overriding Image: O-I-L

The wells burning, the wasteland, the contamination, the oil-drenched horse. It all said, it's all about oil.

Well, that's for B.F.E.E. Cartel War One. Shrub War Two is, too, but has the "Crusade"/jihad element, same as it has been for a thousand years