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Post by JStokes on Dec 9, 2017 23:26:27 GMT -5
Maybe the hammer and nail analogy was a bit much. Not sure we enjoy or look for war. I think we feel we are some sort of protector. And we need a hammer. Tissues don’t work with those kinds. _ I grew up on a steady diet of war movies. We were always the good guys and heroic as hell. I can't figure out if I liked those movies because I thought wars were heroic, or if they conditioned me to believe war is heroic. I really think when you put this era in the rear view mirror in a hundred years or so, we'll be remembered as the world's cop with an itchy trigger finger. And I like the hammer analogy. Our hammer is spectacular. Who wouldn't want to show it off? Not sure we should look at the reality of war through the prism of Hollywood movies. _
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Dec 9, 2017 23:29:51 GMT -5
Maybe the hammer and nail analogy was a bit much. Not sure we enjoy or look for war. I think we feel we are some sort of protector. And we need a hammer. Tissues don’t work with those kinds. _ I grew up on a steady diet of war movies. We were always the good guys and heroic as hell. I can't figure out if I liked those movies because I thought wars were heroic, or if they conditioned me to believe war is heroic. I really think when you put this era in the rear view mirror in a hundred years or so, we'll be remembered as the world's cop with an itchy trigger finger. And I like the hammer analogy. Our hammer is spectacular. Who wouldn't want to show it off? PS. I'm a big fan of overwhelming force to ensure a swift victory, but you should never enter a war of convenience (motivated by revenge or strategic considerations) without an exit strategy that gets you out as quick as possible once your done. In wars for survival i.e.WWII, exit strategies are the least of your concerns.
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Post by Sonny Werblin on Dec 9, 2017 23:31:47 GMT -5
I grew up on a steady diet of war movies. We were always the good guys and heroic as hell. I can't figure out if I liked those movies because I thought wars were heroic, or if they conditioned me to believe war is heroic. I really think when you put this era in the rear view mirror in a hundred years or so, we'll be remembered as the world's cop with an itchy trigger finger. And I like the hammer analogy. Our hammer is spectacular. Who wouldn't want to show it off? Not sure we should look at the reality of war through the prism of Hollywood movies. _ My youth conditioned me to believe while war may be hell, it was also heroic. Did you not see all the John Wayne movies?
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Post by JStokes on Dec 9, 2017 23:38:46 GMT -5
Not sure we should look at the reality of war through the prism of Hollywood movies. _ My youth conditioned me to believe while war may be hell, it was also heroic. Did you not see all the John Wayne movies? Not really but it doesn’t matter. I was a big fan of The Rat Patrol and 12 O’Clock High and Guns of Navarone and Kelly’s Heroes. Still they had nothing to do with real war. It was made up. My Uncle was on Iwo Jima. Had his footlocker in our attack. My mother (his brother) said “never ask him about it, never go in that locker”. There was nothing heroic about war, not in his mind. It was all devastation. And despair. Mixed in with really really bad shit for shits and giggles. _
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Post by Hotman on Dec 10, 2017 0:16:08 GMT -5
It bottles my mind how people can take movies and tv so seriously. As if it were real life. Really strange and I can't wrap my head around it
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Post by tkasper01 on Dec 10, 2017 1:33:36 GMT -5
It bottles my mind how people can take movies and tv so seriously. As if it were real life. Really strange and I can't wrap my head around it Bottles.
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Post by Hotman on Dec 10, 2017 1:47:09 GMT -5
It bottles my mind how people can take movies and tv so seriously. As if it were real life. Really strange and I can't wrap my head around it Bottles. that's what i said ? ?
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