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Submitted by Tad Denton, Nov 25, 2007 12:54

...with all the comments here calling this author out on being blind to the truth.

Why would American want to spend their hard earned dollars on watching Robert Redford's or Brian De Palma's anti-American rantings about a couple of soldiers who might have gone off the rails. Those few men (4 out of the 500,000 or so who've gone through Iraq = .0008%) do not in any way represent our troops in any meaningful way and we Americans know it.

Our troops are the creme of the crop. Maybe Redford et al. should look into all the the child rape/slavery going on in Africa at the hands of the UN. Maybe they could sell that to the Europeans who are most involved. I'm sure they'd sell tickets like hotcakes.

And just to reiterate about this 'mismanaged' war... You do know we've lost something over 3,000 troops in over 4 years, right? You are also aware that during Vietnam we lost over 50,000, over 46,000 in Korea and in World War II we lost over 400,000. I'm not sure how you define 'mismanaged,' but considering how incredibly low our casualties have been relative to previous wars, things seem to be much better from that perspective. Show me a 'perfect' war where bad decisions weren't made.

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I had to laugh out loud when I read the reason for the "bomb" is that "citizens are sick and... [MORE]	Connie T	Dec 22, 2007 15:30
that's right - blame the flop on the American public - if Americans are so sick of movies like this,... [MORE]	kilbourne	Dec 16, 2007 19:32
...with all the comments here calling this author out on being blind to the truth. Why would American want to spend...	Tad Denton	Nov 25, 2007 12:54
Your kidding right ? The reason we are not going to see this latest crop of lying crap from Hollywood... [MORE]	J. Philip, Mt. Olive, Louisiana USA	Nov 21, 2007 15:13
Americans are more likely rejecting the current war films because they are sick and tired of a war no one,... [MORE]	Neil S. Friedman	Nov 21, 2007 14:03
I don't think any of the above war movies were made while we were still at war. This makes a... [MORE]	Helen	Nov 21, 2007 13:44
the war is in effect. it is not entertainment. our families are in harms way. yes. this is true. the story... [MORE]	Patriot	Jan 23, 2008 19:06
The movies you mention are not "Iraq War" movies, they are anti-war propaganda. If a movie were to be made... [MORE]	Jack Okie	Nov 21, 2007 12:02
Redford and his ilk can make all the movies they want about the "Iraq" war....that isn't their message. Their message... [MORE]	Sue	Nov 21, 2007 10:52
As a moviegoer and an American I would suggest that we aren't particularly interested in preachy antiwar movies especially while... [MORE]	ljm	Nov 21, 2007 10:01
"The war has been, after all, terribly mismanaged." Any war we are winning, with as few casualties as we have sustained,... [MORE]	Tyree	Nov 21, 2007 09:57
Make a movie about the Iraq war that displays success and heroism and it will do well. Make a movie... [MORE]	Gary	Nov 21, 2007 09:40
People aren't "tired" of the Irag war, stupid. They are tired of left wing Hollywood types telling us we should... [MORE]	Ron J	Nov 21, 2007 08:14
The war has been, after all, terribly mismanaged. How can a movie critic say a war was mismanaged, when he cannot... [MORE]	sherlock	Nov 21, 2007 07:25

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