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"Restrepo": Seems to be the real thing . . .

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Just saw this tonight and was fascinated at how well the documentary was filmed and edited. It almost seems to be a mockumentary but is, indeed, the real thing.

Two cinematographers embedded themselves inside Second Platoon when deployed to eastern Afghanistan. They followed them during their year long mission capturing their lives, thoughts, and emotions. Sure enough, the majority of them were "young". Perhaps just a year or two older than VN troops but still up to the same youthful playfulness and foolishness of young men away from home with guns under little mature supervision: rock fights, wrestling around, telling jokes, etc.

This is worth a see. It shows what Americans looks like at war.

BTW, Restrepo is the name of one of their youngest and beloved sergeants that was killed just two months into the tour. They founded a combat outpost (COP) and named it after him. This is where most of the documentary was filmed.

Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.

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RE: "Restrepo": Seems to be the real thing . . . - larryken 16:13:17 12/20/10 (0)
suggest reading the book "War" by Sebastian Junger...based on his "restropo" experiences
A gut-wrenching documentary, should be mandatory for all Americans. SPOILERS: - tinear 07:51:35 12/15/10 (0)
the scene where we blew away a bunch of civilians and a small child---- one of the most powerful ever filmed. And the officers continual harping on how wonderful the economic advantages were going to be because of their actions, how they had "agreed" to wipe the slate clean and move on from the deaths of their family and the destruction of their homes-- priceless examples of how clueless the military truly is about "hearts and minds."
Our troops, who terribly grieve the deaths of their comrades somehow don't see the villagers as being as human as they, that, even more so, these poor rural Afghanis have MORE to grieve: these are women, children, and family being killed--- and they're told it's so they can have more economic benefits. You couldn't write something more tragic.
I enjoyed it, not easy to watch though. * - Tony D. 17:42:14 12/10/10 (0)
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