Zero Dark Thirty (Navy SEAL Team 6)

[jiveturkey]

I liked I quite a bit. Even with knowledge of the outcome the last 30 minutes were tense. I read a lot of CIA fiction and that mission beats a lot of the imagery shit I've come across.

[DaneMcCloud]

I finally saw this film. It's a masterful piece of filmmaking that challenged me personally and morally.

Waterboarding? **** 'em.

Kill "innocent" women during the raid? **** them, too.

Kill UBL? **** YEAH.

But all throughout, I kept thinking about the trillions of dollars spent in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taking off my stinkin' flip flops (yes, flip flops) at the airport when I travel. The countless and needless deaths and amputees that have come home in the past twelve years.

I'm glad he's dead but I can't help but think think that America is Ahab (irony at its finest) and UBL the white whale.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I finally saw this film. It's a masterful piece of filmmaking that challenged me personally and morally.

Waterboarding? **** 'em.

Kill "innocent" women during the raid? **** them, too.

Kill UBL? **** YEAH.

But all throughout, I kept thinking about the trillions of dollars spent in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taking off my stinkin' flip flops (yes, flip flops) at the airport when I travel. The countless and needless deaths and amputees that have come home in the past twelve years.

I'm glad he's dead but I can't help but think think that America is Ahab (irony at its finest) and UBL the white whale.

Good analogy.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Mavericks Ace

Good analogy.

I think it's an analogy based on the misconception that bin Laden was the focus of the GWoT. The fact is that his relevance had waned considerably by the time our raid took him out. And even with his demise, the importance of an ongoing strategy for dealing with radical Islamists using a full spectrum of tools (including military power where appropriate) remains undiminished.