Jarhead
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If you have no interest in seeing the movie "Jarhead"; or if you plan on seeing it, and don't want spoilers -skip this post.

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The hubby-man and I just watched it. Even though I had friends participating in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and I watched and worried day after day; this movie covers something I never thought of.
We spent 6 months gearing up for The Mother Of All Battles (At least according to Saddam Hussein) And less than 2 months taking back Kuwait.
We sent soldiers trained for combat. Their heads stuffed full of propaganda and ready for "the worst" that War could throw at them... And with superior air power, we (and by "we" I mean the armies of 34 individual countries) we cut off their supply lines, took out their air defenses, bombed their transportation, and gave them some time to get thirsty. All our primed and ready to kill ground troops had to do was hand out water. There's something twisted about that.