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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatching that soldier getting a standing ovation from reminds me of this scene from 'Gladiator"
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Watching that soldier getting a standing ovation from reminds me of this scene from 'Gladiator" (Original Post)
RandySF
Jan 2014
OP
And yet we have Obama loyalists pretending it wasn't a jingoistic flag waving moment
quinnox
Jan 2014
#2
I thought you were going to mention a scene much closer to the end of the movie:
petronius
Jan 2014
#4
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)1. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Exactly.
Skittles
(153,185 posts)5. don't you know it's YOU using the soldier as a prop?
yup that's one of their talking points
quinnox
(20,600 posts)2. And yet we have Obama loyalists pretending it wasn't a jingoistic flag waving moment
Yea, I'm sure all those republicans in the chamber were clapping because of some deep progressive reason like -see, this is the example of the horrors of war.
chillfactor
(7,582 posts)3. I was in tears when the President was talking about ...
this young man .. I was deeply moved....
seattledo
(295 posts)6. But using him as a prop was wrong
longship
(40,416 posts)8. I think he was proud to be there!
Just as Tammy Duckworth is proud to be a Congresswoman.
How dare you!
Maybe you need something to jog your memory about such things.
petronius
(26,603 posts)4. I thought you were going to mention a scene much closer to the end of the movie:
"He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him."
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)7. Same. Still not cynical enough I guess.