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Originally Posted by The Batlord
We were chill though.
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Agreed. Was enjoying the debate actually.
Bat, I think it's a bit of a stretch between
"The Pentagon assisted in making a movie" and
"Because of the FOIA, the Pentagon turned over 8 pages of records related to all conflicts after WWII, and some of that info was used in helping to make post WWII war movies more factual".
The Pentagon (Government) spends billions of dollars a year in
PR in an effort to make military service seem glorified, even glamorous.
The few, the proud, the marines!!!
The movies I listed all made military service, the military itself, and in some cases, the government look like a nightmare in hell.
Friendly Fire was based on the true story of a fervent antiwar activist for cripes sake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Mullen
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Mullen refused a military funeral for her son, would not accept his medals, and rejected the standard grave marker offered for free by the military. Instead, she bought a tombstone that used the word "killed" (instead of "died") to describe the circumstances of his death. A letter of condolence from President of the United States Richard M. Nixon was sent back with her note reading "Send it to the next damn fool."
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We can agree to disagree though if it will help Grindy sleep tonight.
