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Mr.Panda
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watch Generation Kill, the HBO miniseries on the Marine Recon Battallion that lead the way into Baghdad....  mainly, so that before you shit on american troops that you can realize it is the guys at the bottom of the ladder only have one option to follow an order, no matter how stupid (retarded as the men in the battallion say) it is....

Aug 29 2009 1:47AM
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R-B-B
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yoooooooo shiutttt dont know wha tyou dsayin
Aug 29 2009 1:49AM
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ElbridgeGerry
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AMERICA

FUCK YEAH!
Aug 29 2009 1:52AM
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Turner.
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well put.

but seriously if I had HBO I'd watch it

Aug 29 2009 1:53AM
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fujarome
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orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you can read the book and actually get the full story, with a lot more details.

i read and watched it recently, pretty good overall. They didn't actually lead the way into baghdad, if i remember they went around to push further north into iraq. Those guys were pretty insane.

but yea....thats how the military works. Someone else decides what you do, and you do it. I don't mind that very much, though i sense 95% of ns'ers would not be cut out for military service. Not a bad thing at all, either.
Aug 29 2009 1:55AM
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Mr.Panda
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i got it on DVD a couple days ago....  needed something of a more modern Band of Brothers type thing
Aug 29 2009 1:56AM
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Mr.Panda
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i went to buy the book after i heard about it on HBO because i dont get HBO...  but, its always sold out....  WEAK!
Aug 29 2009 1:57AM
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fujarome
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weird, tons of copies of it when i first got it.

its pretty interesting, but watching the HBO series definitely clarifies some stuff. Plus the book proves the old military saying of "hurry up and wait."
Aug 29 2009 1:59AM
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Mr.Panda
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as my dad said who worked with the SEALs and Marine Recon teams in Vietnam: "hurry up, wait, take a stupid order to do something really fucking stupid, and repeat"
Aug 29 2009 2:01AM
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ElbridgeGerry
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I know a guy who was in Nam. His names Mark Waterhouse, he's got a righteous moustache and is like 60 and weighs less than I do..but could probably beat the living shit out of me any day.
Aug 29 2009 2:03AM
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TheBeardedOne
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Damn, I bought the book like four years ago and always thought it would be sweet to be a show about it.  Read the book for sure if you can find it, it's really good.
Aug 29 2009 4:24AM
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Mr.Panda
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going to Barnes N Noble tomorrow to try and find it.
Aug 29 2009 4:26AM
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I_Am_Mod
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COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHA FUCKING DAY YEAH!

AMERICA FUCK YEAH !

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Aug 29 2009 12:04PM
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r0dubs
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plus its a good show in general
Aug 29 2009 12:10PM
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LO_GO
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band of brothers = money
Aug 29 2009 12:13PM
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ScuffDUFF
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i dont know if its cuz im drunk still from last night and baked or what.   But, i dont know what the fuck you just said.....
Aug 29 2009 12:20PM
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Mr.Panda
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Rudy plays himself and one other guy does to, the man under Captain America that gets transfered for some stupid reason.  the bigger, more football player looking one.
Sep 2 2009 3:10PM
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