I broke several different speed limits riding home to watch it.
It was as fair and balanced as anything I have seen on CNN(short of Glenn Beck).
And it was respectful of our dead Marines without being political. I felt at least that their lives and deaths were examined gently and honorably. It was refreshing to see that sort of coverage and just as refreshing was the conclusions that it left us with, that these Marines had achieved the sort of greatness one finds in accomplishment and sacrifice.
The 1/8 is a proud unit that has a special place in the Corps, like the Fifth and Sixth Marines only without the Fourragere.
I thought it was pretty good, though too short. There’s just no way to put all that into an hour, less commercials. I would say that it was remarkably balanced.
I’m still polling the folks I know with the 1/8 to see their opinions. I just talked with a buddy who lost her scout-sniper son who was assigned to the 1/8 a couple of months before that battle. He and “Ski” were together when it happened. We’re all a pretty close-knit family, if you hadn’t noticed.
Anyway, looking forward to the next GOE.