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ansible

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Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:48 AM Jul 2020

Anyone seen the movie "The Outpost" recently, about the Afghanistan war?

Just saw it and wow, it's the best movie about the US occupation of Afghanistan I've ever seen. It's pretty violent so I wouldn't recommend it if you don't like war movies, but I think it should be required viewing to show just how stupid and pointless the 19 years of US occupation of Afghanistan has been. What a fucking waste of lives, the movie has quite a bit of an anti-war vibe to it in how wasteful the whole thing has been, 8 soldiers died for a base that was later on abandoned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kamdesh

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Anyone seen the movie "The Outpost" recently, about the Afghanistan war? (Original Post) ansible Jul 2020 OP
I heard of it JonLP24 Jul 2020 #1
I watched Pitt last night. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #2

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
1. I heard of it
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:51 AM
Jul 2020

Based on a book by Jake Tapper.

I don't watch war movies but I felt Generation Kill was the most realistic about the Iraq war all the way down to the stacks of water boxes.

OAITW r.2.0

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2. I watched Pitt last night.
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 12:54 AM
Jul 2020

Inglorious Bastards (again). then this-

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the second says it all about US military futility when there is no national interest in this Republican war.
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