Generation Kill (HBO mini)

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
it was sorta better than over there.

Understatement of the week.

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: TallBill

The combat never got intense enough for me, and there wasn't enough of it.

Apparently you need to learn more about history. The invasion of Iraq was not very intense.

Really?! That's funny, I'm actually a historian, and the 1st MarDiv saw alot more action than GK suggested (Nasiriyah, Al Kut, the Diyala bridge, etc.), but how much of that included this one platoon of the 1st Recon Bn, I don't know.

Regardless, I do know from reading alot of your posts that you were in the military (thanks! :thumbsup🙂, so I'm just going to go ahead and assume you're not actually citing HBO's mini-series interpretation of a Rolling Stone reporter's book as a primary source for the invasion of Iraq.

 

[between]

 

[Buck Armstrong]

Originally posted by: between

Originally posted by: Buck Armstrong
Godfather was a cool character

I thought he was a sociopathic wise and beautiful woman. He kept talking about wanting to "be in the game". Of course, he is not the one driving into enemy territory in a minimally armored humvee. to him, the foot soldiers are a disposable resource to be used to further their own agenda. I guess it is easy to take risks when you are high up the management chain, because you aren't risking your own life in any way.

Then why didn't you quote the rest of what I said about him being an asshole to his men and the Iraqis? 😕

By "cool character", I meant things like this:

Reporter: "Why does your voice sound like that?"
Godfather: "Throat cancer."
Reporter: "Oh, I'm sorry...were you a smoker?"
Godfather: "No...just lucky, I guess."

 

[between]

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Buck Armstrong

Originally posted by: TallBill

The combat never got intense enough for me, and there wasn't enough of it.

Apparently you need to learn more about history. The invasion of Iraq was not very intense.

Really?! That's funny, I'm actually a historian, and the 1st MarDiv saw alot more action than GK suggested (Nasiriyah, Al Kut, the Diyala bridge, etc.), but how much of that included this one platoon of the 1st Recon Bn, I don't know.

Regardless, I do know from reading alot of your posts that you were in the military (thanks! :thumbsup🙂, so I'm just going to go ahead and assume you're not actually citing HBO's mini-series interpretation of a Rolling Stone reporter's book as a primary source for the invasion of Iraq.

The whole series was based on the Rolling Stone article "The Killer Elite" and it's actually pretty true to the article.

 

[captains]

sucks that it was only 7 episodes
sucks that over there was canceled way back