Marcus Luttrell is appearing on Fox & Friends this morning to discuss the backlash from Leftists who are calling the movie “Lone Survivor” a pro-war film that glorifies the roles of soldiers in combat. I haven’t seen the movie, I’m waiting until I can watch it at home – I learned my lesson from seeing “Saving Private Ryan” in public. But I’ve seen enough trailers and clips emailed to us by the production crew of the movie to get a feel for the film. “Lone Survivor” is no more pro-war than “Backdraft” was a pro-fire movie.<\/p>\n
War and fire are things that happen to Americans, and those movies are about the people who fight the threat those things present to the public safety. The unprecedented popularity of the movie this past weekend demonstrates that Americans want to understand the folks who went to Afghanistan to fight our battles for us. If these Leftists think that we consider it glorious to die in battle, that’s only because they’ve never seen how inglorious it is to actually witness the deaths of friends and mates in combat. And, they’ve never experienced real training which stresses that we survive contact with the enemy.<\/p>\n
I’m beginning to think that this has become a moment for Leftists to examine their own appendages and they’re coming up short in that examination. So, their only public reaction could be to run down the movie in hopes that no one will notice that they’re a bunch of pussies and hand-wringers. That happens every time Americans come to appreciate the heroes who unquestioningly serve their nation when the nation calls, because the troops serve a thing greater than themselves and the mealy-mouthed Leftist bloggers think that nothing is greater than themselves.<\/p>\n
Dakota Meyers discusses the subject with Megan Kelly yesterday;<\/p>\n