I wonder if the theft of Iraqi property by US sildiers will see the light of day.

I wonder if overt and casual racism of US soldiers toward the Iraqi people will be addressed.

I hope the illustrate the continual murder of innocent civilian women, children, and men.

If you think any of the above is made up or propaganda you haven't read the news for the last couple of years. Nor have you seen the Winter Soldier hearings.

Even better that weakness of the voluntary military was pointed out in Buffalo Soldiers. At least with a draft you had the chance to recruit the best and brightest and those with a strong moral compass. Now you get gang members and those who rape the fellow soldiers.

Gone are the social examinations we saw with Viet nam movies. Now the military has veto power on scripts and themes.

Pussy whipped...hell yes I am! You should be so lucky as I, fanboy!

See y'all after 10 tonight to judge reaction!

Assholes like Tim Robbins, Sean Penn and Michael Moore, trot around the globe, fellating tyrants like Castro and Chavez and then trash-talking Dubya (note: I'm not a fan) while nearly dislocating their shoulders patting themselves on the back over their "brave speaking truth to power", as if Dubya was going have them "disappeared." If a fraction of what was said of Dubya was true, we wouldn't have slanders like Generation Kill being broadcast, would we? Sean Penn would've been sent to Gitmo and the NY Times and Washington Post would've been shut down years ago for their treasons in publishing national security secrets. How long would Penn, Robbins, Sarandon, Glover et al survive speaking out against Castro and Chavez if they lived there?

Wake me when they make the show about how our brave soldiers have been wasted by insane ROEs that turn them into sitting ducks. America has never lost a war that it actually tried to win. Dubya tried to run a "kinder, gentler war" with "compassionate warfighting" in some insane hope that the Treason Media would congratulate him for his restraint. We've gone from a nation that would drop nukes and firebomb Dresden to a bunch of chumps who prosecute GIs who dare shoot at those trying to kill them. They volunteered to fight for our country - LET THEM FIGHT! And for gawd's sake, lets knock off the anti-American propaganda until we've won and our troops are back home, please! Support Our Troops: WIN The War!

Despite initial doubts, Marine commanders later encouraged the officers of 1st Reconnaissance to read the book and the articles to get an insight into the reality of war.

Does that sound like it's some "socialist" "unamerican" political tract or that it shows the unvarnished reality of the chaos of war and it's effects ?

Can't wait to see how some of the characters are portrayed and without giving awway one of the books biggest shocks I wonder at what point the mini-series will divulge to the Marines what the REAL nature of their mission is.

HBO may well be in trouble but this is one of the high points this year.

Screwby!

BTW, you dumbasses complaining about gas prices and blaming Dubya are so up your arses, it's a joke. Gas prices have DOUBLED since Reid & Pelosi and their Democrats took back Congress and they refused to allow any exploitation of American resources because they'd rather have us fund our enemies than be self-sufficient. They also want Americans as poor and angry as they can make them so as to drive them into the Dark Ages that would be an Obama Regime. McCain sucks ass, but he's the Prince of Light compared to the naive criminal that is Barry O'Bama.

Most of you dopes weren't alive when Jimmy Carter brought economic ruin - ask your folks about what the "misery index" was - to our country and launched the modern era of Islamofascism and state-sponsored jihad with his handing over of Iran to the mullahs. Toss in his sellout of the Panama Canal (now under Chinese control IIRC) and we're in trouble. Elect Obama and you'll get that 2nd Carter term, but worse. Not that idiots who regurgitate what the Treason Media and Michael Moore spooge down their yawn holes will understand. CHANGE! HOPE!

Idiots.

Step to it, little girl...the recruiting sergeant is waiting.

It's closer to the book than I thought it would be but it does diverge slightly in places. THe one thing I was worried about was scale but none of it seemed "fake" to me and I have high hopes for th urban encounters if they keep this level of authenticity up. And BTW things get full on fairly quick so this isn't like Jarheads it's the polar opposite.

Some of the characters are startlingly close to their real life counterparts and Fruity Rudy IS the REAL Rudy Reyes !!!

You WILL get to distinguish the characters and the likes of Trombley and Person etc. will soon be well established. Likewise Captain America will soon be making people gasp with his sheer fucked up stupidity.

Actually some of the dialogue seems toned down at the Mo but no doubt we may yet hear much more of Person in full hilarious flow.

Those who think this will be a one sided portrayal of rampaging unthinking Marines are waaaaaay off the bat as there acts of real heroism and acts of startling humanitarianism amongst the carnage. And those who think it's going to skirt the civilian deaths and some of the darker side of the invasion are equally wrong.

If some of the colossal dumbasses spouting off about "Hollywood" can't handle the fact that this isn't the kindergarden black and white view of the world they themselves are limited by then I recommend they watch Hogans Heroes instead as that seems ideally suited to their intellectual and emotional level.

And before the Douchebags accuse the reporter of being some kind of bleeding heart wimp he was in the lightly armoured HumVee with the Marines when all this went down.

To all you shitponies who were calling this "lib propaganda" BEFORE IT HAD EVEN AIRED, check your bullshit at the door. It portrays war as it is, as it has been and as it always shall be: shades of motherfucking grey.

I know, I know - you want black & white becasue it's so much easier to digest through your red, white and blue brain/colon, but there's 'reality-as-portrayed-through- your-favorite-fair-and-balance d-news-outlet' and then there's actual reality. History will tell the tale.

I tuned in expecting to tune out for episode 2...it started off being the Marine testosterone fest that I thought was gonna sadly be but then when they left Camp Mathilda it got decidedly real....I realized the first half they were just focusing on the soldiers that are war junkies in the first 30 minutes.

This show is great b/c it shows that all the soldiers are different with different perspectives and views and the war plays out in front of us through their eyes. It is pretty great to watch actually.

We get to see the racist mofos that like to make fun of the the surrendering Iraqis who can't understand them....and we get to see the Marines who are disgusted that they have to turn said captives away back to Saddam's death squads instead of helping them (nice touch that they encountered such a death squad earlier and had good intution about them but were ordered to let them pass...geez!)

So, yeah this series is gonna rock if it keeps up with this kinda multi-spectrum approach.

BTW he wants to move to San Francisco because "there's no fat people there" and "Chinese martial arts are very much part of the culture."

He IS a Warrior though and you will see this. He is the units best martial artist & one of the strongest Marines. He lived in a Dojo and used to compete Nationally in Karate and Tai-chi as well as fighting in exhibitions with the Chinese National Team.

And really, the whole line about Saddam and the pussy infrastructure in Iraq was as classic as anything in this week's Venture Bros. episode...

One thing I didn't see, thankfully, was any sort of political side-taking. I like the fact that it's just the soldiers in combat and no subtext attempt or any other biased blathering in either the right or left direction. Can't wait until Sunday!