Holmes: Mel Gibson's 'We Were Soldiers' honors warriors on both sides of the Vietnam War

Athens Banner-Herald ^ | March 17th 2002 | James Holmes

[Victoria Delsoul]

What ''We Were Soldiers'' does is show that it's possible for warriors to acquit themselves honorably, even amid this moral ambiguity. Even in the hellish environment of war-torn Indochina. Furthermore, the overwhelming majority of our troops did just that. It's time for a new stereotype of the Vietnam veteran.

I totally agree.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[SuziQ]

Despite evident manipulation of the successes and the downplaying of failures we have come to accept as wanton contributions to the tragedy, we were there to stem the flow of communism, and we were there to show that we could fight a war of attrition with the Soviets.

Well then, I'd say our time in Vietnam was not a waste.

How successful was the spread of communism in the years after Vietnam? It was pushed in to Africa and South America by the Soviets, but the Reagan administration was tough enough to push back, then up the ante. We're sitting here today with only two REALLY communist countries, North Korea and Cuba. Yes, there are socialist nations all over the globe, including the largest on Earth, but the truly hard-core are limited.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


...After DICK MORRIS' confirming yesterday on National Talk Radio that the CLINTONS did indeed refuse the Sudan President's OSAMA Extradicion Offers during the 1990's...

...we now suddenly see the CLINTON White House Point of Contact for these 3-OSAMA Offers SANDY BERGER coming out and saying it all NEVER HAPPENED =


'SANDY BERGER Defends Decision Not to Extradite Bin LADEN'

http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/6/22/140449


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[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Forum =

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8


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[ALOHA RONNIE]

Here's a RICK RESCORLA Bump 4-U...

[amom]

Thanks for the heads up here! :-)

[Valin]

To fallen soldiers, let us sing,
Where no rockets fly or bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord

No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night,
Just devine embrace, eternal light
In the Mansions of the Lord

Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
Through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord

[ALOHA RONNIE]

'The Mansions of the LORD' =

Composed by RANDALL WALLACE,
former College Theology Student

[Valin]

I love the version they do in the movie, very haunting.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...I love driving around with 'The Mansions of the LORD' just a'playin away in my IA DRANG Licensed Mustang. T'was never in my wildest dreams back in '65.

...Nick Glennie-Smith's outstanding "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Soundtrack is up and ready on Amazon.com as is RANDALL WALLACE's outstanding Screenplay Book.

See the WWS Screenplay Book Link under JOE GALLOWAY's Column Link on:

http://www.lzxray.com

ENJOY.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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...With BILL CLINTON now lyingly telling the American People on CBS' '60 Minutes' that he saw "No Evidence" that he refused offers to bring OSAMA here during the 1990's...

...please see just such EVIDENCE in my Post No. 18 of this Thread ...posted one year ago.

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[onyx]

Were it not so disgustingly sad, I'd laugh.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

And now RANDALL WALLACE's own "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Hymn 'Mansions of the Lord' and NICK GLENNIE-SMITH'S Movie Sountrack Music are stirringly sung and played at the Washington, D.C. National Cathedral.

...This as President RONNIE REAGAN's Flag-draped Casket is respectfully being carried out of his own Funeral Service before a National TV Audience.

...A Perfect Fit for a President that was every bit a Soldier as we who were standing on the Front Line during the Cold War.

See:

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3520


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[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Fiddlstix]

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