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January 2, 2005

Apocalypse Now, Part II

James Wolcott's commentary on an article about our military in Iraq in the current issue of The Economist. Brilliant.

And a real quote, as if written by John Milius, himself.

'If anyone gets too close to us we fucking waste them,' says a bullish lieutenant. 'It's kind of a shame, because it means we've killed a lot of innocent people... It gets to the point where you can't wait to see guys with guns, so you start shooting everybody..."

Posted By Jim Biederman | January 2, 2005 1:18 PM

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Posted by: reviews at January 1, 2009 5:58 PM