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Originally Posted by Angry

What light did it put him in? I refuse to watch it because I figured that they painted him as some war hero.

I did not know the man personally but I have seen his type before. He was probably a dick who thought that he was harder than he really was. He probably got capped for it.

If that is the light that they shed in that documentary then I might watch it.

Acting like a soldier and doing something heroic is acceptable. Acting like a hero while only being a soldier might get others killed or you shot...

Basically in my mind before watching the film I figured he was just someone who went out and joined the Army for the publicity or to be a "hero". But after watching the movie I feel like he just did it because he just plain want to do it. He seemed like a guy that just did his thing and if you didn't like it F you.

The most interesting part of the movie to me was that on his 1.5 year leave he had a chance to go back to the NFL and the Army would discharge him honorable but he said no and planned to finish his tour. I think that said a lot about his character, he was going to finish what he started even though he was not liking the war and how the US was fighting it.