Seriously - people can say what they want about Scotti, and to what extent he may be "full of himself." But this is an excellent documentary. It is not "flag-waving." It does not endorse the validity of the bogus claim for "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq that got these marines sent over there. Those reviewers must not have watched the movie until the end. That's their right, of course, if they couldn't stand the movie for whatever reason. But don't state, as fact, false conclusions based on the fact that you didn't watch the entire movie.
SPOILER right here:
Scotti fully acknowledges at the end of this movie (I have not watched any of his interviews) that there were no weapons of mass destruction after all. He states that he would fight again, but not for the president or to liberate a country, but simply for the Marine Corps itself. You can like that statement, or hate it - but that's what he says. In no way was this documentary a defense of the invasion of Iraq.
SPOILER right here:
Scotti fully acknowledges at the end of this movie (I have not watched any of his interviews) that there were no weapons of mass destruction after all. He states that he would fight again, but not for the president or to liberate a country, but simply for the Marine Corps itself. You can like that statement, or hate it - but that's what he says. In no way was this documentary a defense of the invasion of Iraq.