Posted under Culture & esoterica
After the somewhat notorious Rambo III propaganda film, perhaps a calculated addition to the success of the Tom Cruise recruitment video, Top Gun, the Special Forces got into the Hollywood act. Chuck Norris, fresh off another PATCON meme, Vietnam MIAs, starred with Dirty Dozen‘s Lee Marvin in Delta Force–students of Waco and all that–and our favorite, Charlie Sheen, off Platoon, landed the staring role in Navy Seals. Blackhawk Down, did follow up on those Delta Force chaps, I suppose.
The death of Chris Kyle, American Sniper, had a short news run. Jesse Ventura’s lawsuit against him, and his estate, might produce a few more stories.
Enter a new sniper, Navy SEAL of course, in the pages of Esquire magazine. While anonymous (are they learning?) this SEAL has a family life, and might like to consult on video games like his friends–certainly better then the job driving beer delivery in Wisconsin (is that where all the mob guys are?) offered by the government.
JDP on 12 Feb 2013 at 5:01 am #
you’re an odd one.
savrola on 12 Feb 2013 at 4:07 pm #
You’re a dumb one, to be sure, JDP
C Bowen on 12 Feb 2013 at 9:58 pm #
JDP;
I can appreciate the sudden appearance of a profile on the man (SEAL, sniper) who shot bin Laden seems normal, and the suggestion that he has no healthcare or pension as plausible, but I find it a bridge too far, juxtaposed to the money Chris Kyle was raking in from his books and association with a security company, it appears a bit ‘weird’ to me– like central casting an opposite profile.
Why did Esquire get the scoop anyway? Old fashioned hard working journalists?
After witnessing the selling of the most ridiculous tin foil hat theory of all time–Saddam done 9/11 (which mutated from the Saddam done OKC theory), which 62% of Republicans told pollsters they believed in 2004–how can we really fight back save to gonzo it up, throw a monkey wrench into well planned multi-level media campaigns? View it all as scripted pro-wrestling–though if you have some other ideas, out with it.
C Bowen on 12 Feb 2013 at 11:00 pm #
Regarding the claim that the SEAL in the Esquire story had no health insurance, others have caught on that it makes no sense:
http://tinyurl.com/ad29f9y
Look at all the ‘serious’ reporters who fell for it.