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takeda ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6402c426-dadd-4f47-b103-b82bf2322821.jpeg

nifty OP ,
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Like, I can drink out of this thimble deep

PhlubbaDubba , (edited )

I think the only country that’s legit happened to was Iraq,

Usually it’s more about how traumatized the POWs captured by your country’s soldiers were. Unbroken being the major cinematic example, and all the stories about Senator McCain refusing early release and being tortured for it and the guy who blinked reports of torture out in morse code while reading a hostage statement in Vietnam being the more “stuff of legends” examples.

American Sniper is the only one I’ve seen where it’s about how some soldier who didn’t experience anything above the typical background humm of war felt about the whole thing.

Probably because being a US military troop is the least dangerous it’s ever been, so the major condition most troops will face isn’t death or permanent injury, but instead PTSD from having faced combat or Survivor’s guilt from having been suddenly shifted off the rare doomed mission or patrol that still claims casualties at the last second.

Most enlisted troops are just career workers in camo with a REALLY rigorous on the job fitness program. There’s a reason the US is everyone’s intel and logistics repository, and it’s because for every dollar spent on actually fighting, ten get spent on building up so much intelligence that the deck is as stacked as it can be before the cards even come out of the box to be dealt.

Edit: get not grt

Lost_My_Mind ,

ten grt

Is this “ten are”, and a really bad typo? Or is grt some form of currency abbriviation I don’t get?

PhlubbaDubba ,

Ten get

atro_city ,

I think the only country that's legit happened to was Iraq,

Vietnam?

Transporter_Room_3 ,
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How do you forget Vietnam…

PhlubbaDubba ,

Vietnam movies were usually either about POW experiences or about the absolute pointlessness of it all, which doesn’t really line up with “bombing your country and then making movies about how sad it made them”

I have literally never seen a depiction of Vietnam that was positive or shy of direct condemnation of how terrible it all was.

Seriously, even Forrest Gump’s innocent portrayal of it still managed to underline in bold that it was all pointless, needless, and cruel beyond reason.

turmacar ,

I have literally never seen a depiction of Vietnam that was positive or shy of direct condemnation of how terrible it all was.

Seriously, even Forrest Gump’s innocent portrayal of it still managed to underline in bold that it was all pointless, needless, and cruel beyond reason.

Not sure what about any of that doesn’t line up with “sad”. None of those adjectives border on happy or nonchalant.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

I think the only country that’s legit happened to was Iraq,

MAS*H (Korea)

Jarhead (Iraq, but the first time)

Lone Survivor (Afghanistan)

The Men Who Stare at Goats (Guantanamo Bay Torture Facility in Cuba)

Letters from Iwo Jima (Pacific Theater - WW2)

Saving Private Ryan (European Theater - WW2)

Heartbreak Ridge (Grenada)

The Good Shepherd (Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba)

Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam)

Rambo (Vietnam)

Apocalypse Now (Vietnam)

We Were Soldiers (Vietnam)

Good Morning, Vietnam (Vietnam)

wizardbeard ,

Yes, because fucking Rambo of all movies is about how bad american soldiers felt about what they did.

Thanks for the laugh

theangryseal ,

Rambo is just dood in ban danna shooting musheen gun and holding big nife.

I’m just being a dick. I haven’t seen it since I was around 7 so that’s all it was for me haha.

wizardbeard ,

Yes, because fucking Rambo of all movies is about how bad american soldiers felt about what they did.

Thanks for the laugh

mlg ,
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This never gets old lol

booly ,

The first Rambo was definitely about PTSD and how the act of killing fucks up American soldiers.

turmacar ,

I think you’re confusing Rambo First Blood, which is about how fucked up he was after coming back from Vietnam, with the Rambo sequels, which are about how cool it is to blow stuff up.

sartalon ,

I don’t think you’ve seen some of these movies if you think it has anything to do with how sad it made them.

FordBeeblebrox ,

As others have said there’s a bunch more, but the one that really grinds my gears is The Covenant

We really spent 20 years telling these terps they and their families would be safe, then just fucking left and made a MOVIE about that shitty bullshit underhanded move?

Put every single goddamn joint chief in front of congress and ask why this is a fictional tale

creditCrazy ,
@creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

As an American I don’t think America would want to bomb my country to oblivion

nicknonya ,
@nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

for now

zaph ,

Maybe not the whole country but we’ve taken out cities.

Transporter_Room_3 ,
@Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

And entire neighborhoods, but it’s totally okay because those were “poor” (aka majority black/Hispanic)

The cops investigated themselves, so we know it was a legitimate bombing and not some kind of hate crime disguised as excessive force.

Here’s the ------> /s <------- since I know some people who unironically believe things like this.

saltesc ,

Operation Rolling Thunder. Had some agent orange and napalm sprinkled on top too.

pyre ,

that’s because they don’t need to; you already have the congress and the supreme court for that.

woelkchen ,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

That’s what handguns and assault rifles are for!

makingStuffForFun ,
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

A lot of people believe that’s what 9/11 was.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot ,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing

EtzBetz ,

Tell that Trump. Maybe not with bombs, but there are other methods.

blindbunny ,

You realize America has bombed itself multiple times as well right?

MotoAsh ,

Uhhhh… you DO realize Republicans have been screeching about a new civil war for years, right?

There is a HUGE portion of this country that would ABSOLUTELY bomb their neighbors if they could get away with it. A civil war might not destroy everything, but that’s only happening to the Palestinians. The US is too big to repeat that travesty.

HK65 ,

You don’t want to know where the first bombing mission the US military took place then.

Wes4Humanity ,

That’s exactly what they want you to think! Muahhahah

Seriously though… It’s not REALLY the US that’s doing these things… It’s the global oligarchy… They just use American soldiers because we were the only ones left with any after WW2 and it stuck. The oligarchy has no allegiance to any country or people and would absolutely bomb the shit out of America if it profited them.

JoYo ,
@JoYo@lemmy.ml avatar

And you’ll pay top dollar to watch it on opening weekend.

andrew_bidlaw ,
@andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works avatar

On the other hand, it’s the safest and the most relateable way to bring it to the table.

essell ,

Originally a Frankie Boyle joke?

TrickDacy , (edited )

So should we not make films that show how fucked up specific wars are?

I think it’s probably pretty rare that the military leaders who executed the war operations also make the movies about them…

Krono ,

It would be better to have war crimes trials to show how fucked up specific wars are.

Being able to make movies showcasing your past crimes is not a sign of a healthy society…

TrickDacy ,

Again, this is not the government typically making these movies. It’s artists which are horrified by war.

orcrist ,

Who is “we” and what are “our” goals? Those definitions will answer your question quickly enough.

All movies that glorify military violence should be treated cautiously even if the overall message is anti-war. Take Apocalypse Now. What will some people remember? The helicopters, Wagner, napalm in the morning. That’s not saying there’s no value in such movies, though.

boatsnhos931 ,

You better play dead homie, we make a lot of sequels

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