The problem about the film is that until the Cold War had ended in 1991, if you argue against war and the waste and drastic costs of war, you would be label a traitor, a communist pinko, being an appeaser towards communism, etc. Not to mention, people would jump all over on you browbeating with the same lines saying that people lay down their lives to preserve your freedom, and if we don't stop them here, we have to stop them there (sound familiar with Iraq).
If you see the movie Tobruk with Rock Hudson, Rock Hudson's character (Major Craig) did not like the idea of dying in a war or a cause no matter how noble it may be. I wonder how many moviegoers did not like his remarks. I bet you a lot of soldiers agree with Rock Hudson's character had just said but did not say it in public and at military reunions for fear of being ostracizes by other soldiers.
Marine Colonel William Corson, author of the book Betrayal, stated in Time Magazine in 1975, that if our country is not going to paid the price of using soldiers and then throwing them away when they are no longer need, then we should not fight wars. Marine General Smedley Butler stated that war is a racket, and it took him 30 years to realizes it. If you don't believe war is a racket, then take a good hard look at Iraq. The Seabees are not repairing the country. If they did, the country would have been back on its feet in six months to a year.
If you see the movie Tobruk with Rock Hudson, Rock Hudson's character (Major Craig) did not like the idea of dying in a war or a cause no matter how noble it may be. I wonder how many moviegoers did not like his remarks. I bet you a lot of soldiers agree with Rock Hudson's character had just said but did not say it in public and at military reunions for fear of being ostracizes by other soldiers.
Marine Colonel William Corson, author of the book Betrayal, stated in Time Magazine in 1975, that if our country is not going to paid the price of using soldiers and then throwing them away when they are no longer need, then we should not fight wars. Marine General Smedley Butler stated that war is a racket, and it took him 30 years to realizes it. If you don't believe war is a racket, then take a good hard look at Iraq. The Seabees are not repairing the country. If they did, the country would have been back on its feet in six months to a year.