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S3E14.5: Rules of Engagement

🕑 Added 2024-03-08 08:55:57 +0000 UTC

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Evie K

There's a really interesting discussion of the concept of rules of engagement in the book 'Sniper One' (first hand acount of the Iraq war). The question being, 'can you shoot the unarmed radio operator who is directing mortar fire onto your position?'. The answer that comes back from command is 'yes you can' because despite being unarmed, they are still an enemy combatant.

deathbysamurai

Fun fact, this movie's stupid premise near exactly happened in real life a few years later, when Marine special forces murdered a bunch of women and children and got kicked out of Afghanistan in the process for their incompetence

Ronin Fredricson

also disappointed nobody said "A Guy I'd love to Pearce"

Ronin Fredricson

I feel like running back to fetch the flag is like equivalent to somtimes in movies when someone saves a child from a burning building and the kid is like "Wait! Charlie is still in there!" and the hero runs back and re-emerges and it turns out Charlie was a stuffed animal.

Joysweeper

oh, if I can suggest a movie: Cloak and Dagger (1984)! A "kid spy" movie about a boy and a girl trying to keep a video game away from bad guys. The boy has a tux-wearing spy for an imaginary friend! The game contains a hilarious schematic that must be kept secret! No one's recruiting minors for their covert organization but the bad guys certainly don't seem to know that and do not hold back.

-Kris-

Chinese Fight Club, where the one rule is you can only talk about it by manipulating symbols you don't understand.

-Kris-

I was kinda on the fence about November's changed-during-production idea, but the Chinese Fight Club ending *really* doesn't make sense if that's not what happened.