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Generation Kill: Season 1, Episode 2

The Cradle of Civilization (20 Jul. 2008)

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The Company gets to the bridge and Sgt. Colbert is observing. His binoculars are duct-taped on the front leaving horizontal slits but his sight picture is shown as a full circle. See more »

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Maj. Gen. James 'Chaos' Mattis: The question here is, why the fuck am I standing here looking at a fucking bridge that doesn't have my Marines rolling accross it?... Not only "no," Colonel. But, "fuck, no," okay? I don't give a rat's ass about the resistance in this city. Your mission is to punch through this city, put RCT One north of it where our objectives are. This is just a fucking sideshow; you have seven-thousand Marine riflemen who have been ready to go for the past twenty-four hours, and you're staying here with your...
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