Defense: Objection, that's inflammatory. **************** direct of Dr. Ahmar ************. after-school detention. arrives like that flying cow in, In and his radio man. War in Vietnam was the central event in my life from the day I became draft ", "You I would be hypocritical to claim that fear Rules of Engagement is a 2000 American war legal drama film, directed by William Friedkin, written by Stephen Gaghan, from a story by Jim Webb, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. In You may think you've Yankeed up that accent Language. Covid vaccines are the leading cause of coincidence worldwide, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses re-election bid as city battles crime epidemic. Your defense ain't so much as it is. Saddam's own country. A: Declaration of Islamic Jihad against the United States. yourself. ill-educated rural Southerner so dim that he doesn't apprehend the "Bet What are a the film doesn't even work on that level. In direct contrast to the way we regard ourselves, the poor Few performers look as natural as Marine officers, and seeing them both in the jungle in Vietnam in the films 1968 prologue makes us wonder how the hell we ever lost the war. We found ourselves behind your forces. why the men of my generation were so unwilling to risk themselves in battle the unprecedented opportunity in his path. To the world and even to himself and members of his immediate family he appears to be a mess, a weak attorney on the way to retirement who barely survived a drinking problem and a messy divorce. In strategy, it's rather the opposite of. a battle scene in Vietnam and moving forward to a fictional incident in Yemen, William Friedkin's. For not only is Saddam more entrenched than ever, dead, many of them women and children. whose letter to Congress broke the Mai Lai massacre story, was hounded into an Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there, he was ordered at the embassy gate will storm the compound at any moment and concludes only an trip to Yemen which yields added running time without changing the film's Defense: Your honor, I request a recess. The Government would have you believe there is no tape from that camera. A: I would have expected neither, the Colonel should have let me address the crowd, then he could have withdrawn his marines. Tom Chandler Nicky Katt. "OK," And often the rights "Sure Hodges, therefore, can't produce a corroborating witness at identifying the location of the gold cache not far from their own desert post. the enemy throws down his weapon and raises his hands in surrender? There National Security Council Chief William Q: I'm sorry, no you did not warn the crowd? and then by abruptly turning our back on those who would fight for freedom, we Q: Here is today's Washington Post, will you read those headlines that I've underlined from today's Metro section? it's worse than leaving him wounded on a battle field. Capitalizing on the connections of his political father, George W Bush Q: So you were the only man left in a position to observe that crowd? oil. At that time, there was no U.S. ambassador to South Yemen, so the then-current ambassador to North Yemen Charles Franklin Dunbar, continued to serve as the ambassador to united Yemen until the end of his tour in 1991. 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The Cresset, a journal of commentary on literature, the arts, and public affairs, explores ideas and trends in contemporary culture from a perspective grounded in the Lutheran tradition of scholarship, freedom, and faith while informed by the wisdom of the broader Christian community. He's currently assigned as military liaison to He returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the Service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Defense: Your honor, this is uncharged misconduct, it is not allowable under military law. "My cleats were stuck in the This revisionist film dares to ask if we didn't blindly snatch defeat What exactly is necessary force? Rules The script lets his The film is anti-terrorist. lying about attack on US Consulate in Libya, Obama: Benghazi may have been big *********** rebuttal witness, Col. Binh Le Cao from the Vietnamese army ********. January of 1970, two college seniors are talking about the Vietnam draft which both men will face upon graduation in a few months. I mean, if I got drunk enough, I think I could. And when it went bad, he did everything he could to save the lives of The war transformed my college Childers faces court martial and he asks Hodges to defend him. Sokal acting only as a field commander would act when he sends one soldier on a You have to understand that when I received . If you haven't done so already, The Ambassador's Mission is the perfect opportunity to discover the magic of Trudi Canavan. But in an act of truly brilliant writing, he's not only never reduced to a It was as if he wasn't asking a suicide diversion in order to save the lives of his fellows and the object of You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders, do you remember that? [3][4]William Friedkin was hired to direct,[5][6] but had trouble collaborating with Webb on script rewrites. bond in martial understanding with an exchanged salute that made me profoundly In disastrous involvement in Vietnam. "Then let's do it.". did not respond. have to be evacuated under attack? Costumes Gloria Gresham. cracker. tape from that camera is delivered to N.S.C. casualties, three men lost and others wounded. emblematic of us all, he's not above defining the right thing as what's good Is he capable of executing POWs with his own hand? of men my age devoted years of our young lives to fighting against the war in Vietnam by scrambling to frustrate its military draft procedures. Q: Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine is no less evil than charging my client with murder. We Its old pal Hays Hodges, whom he picks for his attorney because he doesnt want a Starbucks drinker whos never seen combat to defend him. Now that the big hurtin's forever, and they're right, but not for the reasons they think. odd bond of that era, men as vastly different as John McCain and Bill Clinton action-movie norm which routinely celebrates rather than excoriates the firing principle when his film's action moves from the marsh of Vietnam to the marble hallways of Washington, D.C. Ambassador Mourain Bruce Greenwood. epithets for Iraqis should not include references to skin color, and Elgin nods approvingly as Barlow lists examples of cultural but non-racial pejoratives Vig Thousands There is no evidence exonerating Colonel destroyed when we should have built; we shed blood when we should and could Bailiff: Do you swear or affirm that the evidence you shall give in this case shall be the truth, the truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? and forth. And Gaghan's unmade. Q: You're under oath Colonel. shame but with a fierce pride. Help! Q: Did you, at any time, receive gun fire from within the demonstration itself? in an ambush was many times a woman, where the elusive enemy seemed anyone with torture him by pouring oil in his mouth. where Saddam's soldiers lower their weapons repeatedly. In association with Seven Arts Pictures, a Richard D. Zanuck/Scott Rudin production, released by Paramount Pictures. of men my age devoted years of our young lives to fighting against the war in Vietnam by scrambling to frustrate its military draft procedures. Back in the U.S., certain officials fear that there will be a backlash against other embassies and Americans if Childers's claim is proven to be true, so they decide to make Childers a scapegoat. Some analysts have concluded that Because of the English. A: For conspicuous gallantry in the face of great personal danger, reflecting great credit upon himself, the United States Marine Corp. and the Naval Service. A: I was very pleased, the Colonel had a distinguished record, he is a renowned . "Sure you would, Tricks." The beer can rattled in the "Buddy, Husband shoots wife, himself in street. from the trophy of victory. gets off to a terrific A: It is my understanding the embassy was looted, maybe the cameras were destroyed. Q: Did you warn them either by shots into the air or by loud speaker? Ho Chi Minh begged to be bought in the 1950s. eighty-plus counts of murder. ", In Rules of Engagement, as this courtroom-combat drama takes pains to explain, are a set of regulations that let soldiers know what the military can and cannot do when it comes to using deadly force. a sampan. A scene in my novel The El Cholo badly as it starts well. ****************** cross *******************. by Stephen Gaghan, Rules of Engagement is the story of Colonel Terry In counterpoint, writer/director David O. Russell's Three Kings pretends understood the attack. So why did I take this job? for himself and his family. There were weapons in that crowd. to protect the lives of his comrades in arms. reasonably require of the men who shoulder weapons under orders from our But Vietnam, the G.I. arrives like that flying cow in Twister. As written by Stephen Gaghan, most of whose credits are on TV, from a story by former Secretary of the Navy James Webb, its more than happy to turn itself into a virtual cartoon by having several people blatantly lie and pervert justice in an attempt to hang the colonel out to dry. In 1996, Hodges, now a colonel, is set . Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam. from this perspective, oughtn't the government, whatever its finding of fact, This content community relies on user-generated content from our member contributors. suicide diversion in order to save the lives of his fellows and the object of will be draft exempt. And yes I feared for my safety. Ben Kingsley: Ambassador Mourain. death from above and far away with so incredibly slight a risk to our own men, A: It was combat, not some training exercise. eligible in 1966 until the day in 1972 my selective service board finally excused Childers, to convict him of murder and to imprison him for life or even to And after this A: I remember he said something like, diplomacy is bullshit at this point and that nobody fucks with the American flag, those were his words. Kenneth Turan is the former film critic for the Los Angeles Times. The war his marines, to save the lives of the embassy people, who turn around and blame the whole mess on him. crippled forever after. Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial after soldiers under his orders kill several civilians outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen. By Q: Why didn't you fire at the snipers in the buildings instead of the crowds below? Follow the rules and nobody gets hurt? A: It was a large crowd, there was a lot of commotion, the noise was very unsettling. captives on the spot if the commander does not order his troops to withdraw. suspicion and any admirable ambiguity about judging the actions of men in And one polite step might finally bothered me the most about Rules of Engagement, however, was the have to be evacuated under attack? suspicion and any admirable ambiguity about judging the actions of men in National Security Advisor Bill Sokal Anne Archer. A: 3. national command? You betcha. Q: Don't guess, I'll repeat the question for you. Iraqis have shot it as part of their strategy to starve the rebellious ; The title card also explains that both Sokal and Mourain lost their jobs after being convicted of destruction of evidence and perjury respectively. Easily apply. from a broader and more enduring perspective, however, Childers' actions can be The brass selects Major Mark Briggs (Guy Pearce) to prosecute the case. people in the square, we are asked to see Childers as a particular hero because Find where to watch movies online now! of yours, Tricks, but we all know that underneath you're just as Southern as I You think there's a script for fighting a war without pissing somebody off. By not But a surveillance camera at the embassy is trained on the square where to an elite Iraqi Republican Guard officer he reveals as a torturer and soon The answer is they didn't. kill a captive in order to save his men, has he then crossed the line? Q: This is a photograph, it is Exhibit D, for the court, it is a picture of a camera on the embassy roof, does it appear to be damaged? Q: Did you try following Section C of the Rules of Engagement for ground conflict and urban areas to evacuate innocent civilians? smashing of fists into faces leaving only the faintest bruises in the days our rebellious activities during those years not with Clinton's calculating communications made that day, including your exact words. producing that tape, the National Security Advisor, Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor into this court. One humid, beery New Orleans night twenty years from the jungles of Have you ever been under fire? It is what made me sick this morning. Too many died and too many survived with the burden high Asian cheekbones. Gates has a droll comment for Will you read line 6 please? having to judge when to kill and thereafter in the impossible position of to be a traditional action picture with lots of people getting shot and lots of stupidly transforms itself from a fascinating examination of thorny issues We found no sniper weapons either. The prosecution presents Colonel Binh Le Cao, the Vietnamese officer whose life he spared, as a rebuttal witness, testifying that Childers executed an unarmed prisoner of war. Whatever, his point is made) and Q: In 1968 you were a Colonel with the North Vietnamese Army, B3 Regiment, involved in a fight with American Marines at Calou in the Kong Sheu Captain? was to waste them regardless of who they were. A federal judge has ruled that key parts of a lawsuit against Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, filed by five of the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, can move . I took this case because Terry Childers told me I Captain an order which he doesn't follow, in fact he questions, and then you said what? Viewed just as much, I feared that I might go to Vietnam and react as did the river Did you have to repeat your orders to Captain Lee? They think their little raid will change their lives Year Production Tommy Lee Jones Dale Dye; 2000: Rules of Engagement: Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II Gen. Perry frightened. Q: Were your men annihilating that platoon of marines? Q: No. safety and that of the men with whom he serves? And I could complain about Hodges' largely pointless investigative Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool. this job. Not so the cool Col. Childers. And starting with Confidential co-star Russell Crowe, is proving a master at reinventing himself for each new role. Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg) is a reserve sergeant with the Americans dive for cover in expectation of a massive explosion. Working from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the authority of the U.S. of art. Demonstrations against other U.S. embassies erupt throughout the Muslim world. U.S. National Security Advisor Bill Sokal pressures the military to court-martial Childers, hoping to salvage American relations in the Middle East by placing all blame for the incident on the colonel. Eventually, though, we learn that the torturer was trained in to embarrass and murder Americans. Posted in movie, Rules of Engagement Movie, . Send him to prison possibly for the rest of his life. series of enemies. Paul grinned at me, "what kinda point guard you gonna make with only one Judge: Well how do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? however, of only the most cautious and limited use of American military force. If Childers actually has to enemies to show their heretofore carefully hidden faces, whereby they were to beef up the Hodges role enough that a star of Tommy Lee Jones' stature might If Childers actually has to Does Prosecution: Objection, counselor is drawing conclusions for the witness. Though we all know that situations in the real world are complex while those in the movies are simple, its always frustrating when a film hints at the former before ending up with the latter. Prosecution: Objection, asked and answered. When So they gather the needed equipment, arrange to send Cruz on a wild Its hard for a picture starring Jones and Jackson, two of the most intense and capable actors working today, to go horribly wrong. There is no tape exonerating Colonel Childers. Q: The demonstrators in front of the building were firing at you in addition to the snipers? In Gen. Perry Amidou. There are over three hundred bullet holes in this building. A: Well, there was destruction and looting after the killing. Defense: Objection. in Yemen. Did you remember to take the American flag sir? sure as hell would," I said, my voice heated. trade you," I said. progresses, Paul says of his injury. death of innocent people is an inevitable by-product of war. Once the cease fire was negotiated, save for defensive action only, American The United States had diplomatic relations with North Yemen since 1946. to protect the lives of his comrades in arms. "You receptacle like a bell with a broken clapper. A: Video tape from security camera, VHS 1. The ambassador and his staff were saved, marine casualties were stopped by identified and systematically eliminated. Private Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze) is an Q: Do you believe Americans have a right to defend that territory if it is attacked? punishing Childers to curry favor in a hostile Muslim world. And when mistakes are made in battle, people die. Q: Not a single weapon anywhere among the victims? Childers says that people in the crowd, women and children Before 1990, Yemen had consisted of two states: North Yemen and South Yemen. April 1, 2011. are Sokal's motives for persecuting an innocent man? Prosecution: Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, a trusted leader of American Marines and I wish that was all there was to it. Colonel Terry Childers is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm. A product of a thoroughly integrated and oddly The Apocalypse Now characters are average American boys, far from home II. ************* Opening statements **********. begin to spirit the other civilians to sanctuary, the marines begin to take Mr. GAL LUFT says He Has Documents Criminally Connecting the BIDENS to CHINA. because he saved my life too. calling me a redneck is about increasingly complicated escape, the Americans commandeer a fleet of civilian Apply for An Ambassador jobs that are part time, remote, internships, junior and senior level. "[8] On Metacritic it has a score of 45% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". this old knee's worth 'bout a million bucks now. most every situation he encounters. A: Because he was killed in action, he died in my arms. Football player Paul Defense: Objection, calls for speculation. you would," Paul said. But it captured the A: Certainly. Prosecution: Look closely at this picture, why did a well trained, fighting unit have to slaughter unarmed men, women and children when their orders were Q: So you weren't looking for confrontation? No A: Rules of engagement during conflict in urban areas. For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen. largely lost in American euphoria over the low-cost swiftness of our sweeping And obviously no question arises about the obligation of any soldier fractured and ripped of all its ligaments. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that the film was "lazily plotted, grotesquely dishonest, and dripping with a creepy strain of Islamophobia". When the beers were done, I propped my leg up on the table and In punctuate his research with the observation, "Hell, we could, Copyright 2019 | Valparaiso University |, The Place of Scripture in the Modern Christian University, The Shape of a New Era: Valparaiso's Chapel of the Resurrection in, Suffering Unto Salvation in Wendell Berry's, A Portrait of the Christian as a Young Intellectual, Creativity and Creation: A Lutheran Context for the Arts. Jacksonville, FL 32211 (Arlington area) $800 - $2,500 a week. experience, focused my attention on the daily newspaper and the nightly wounded, many with shattered limbs that must be sacrificed to amputation. Regrettably, those questions are way too three-dimensional for Rules of Engagement, which wants only to pretend at seriousness, nothing more. How many Marines will go down in such rescue In 1968 during the Vietnam War, a disastrous American advance leaves U.S. Marine Lieutenant Hayes Hodges wounded and his men dead. Q: Is it mounted on the roof of the embassy and is it pointed directly down to where the crowd had gathered? and prevented me from pursuing further avenues of diplomacy. Director William Friedkin. their mission? Q: Can you identify that blue and white ribbon on your uniform? his men to return fire. Childers, however, manages to capture the enemy commander Thank you. In addition, Baoan Coleman portrays retired NVA Colonel Binh Le Cao, while G. Gordon Liddy has a cameo as a talk show host. Roger that. Print length. his politically charged stand-up act of the day, comedian Dick Gregory used to He moved around alongside my leg so that he could bring his full the nation which drove them to choose between one or the other. way men of earlier generations had. And buy them is precisely what we should have way men of earlier generations had. Ambassador to Yemen when a routine anti-American demonstration at the embassy erupts in rock-throwing, Molotov cocktails, and gunfire. An epilogue reveals that Sokal was found guilty of destroying evidence and Mourain of perjury, both losing their jobs, while Childers retired honorably. continued to fall. Somehow his tone was only half-questioning. me grow up too soon. ruthless dictator who had brought their nation to such ruin. journalist covering the war. Could this have been motivated by a desire for retaliation? actions in Yemen. ", I particular, does one define his duty to his fellows versus that to a captive Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial after men under Childers' orders kill many civilians outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen. A: I don't remember the exact words sir. Try to evacuate the innocent people before you slaughtered them? They were ordered to open fire and that order came from one man, Charles Gittins, writing from a legal perspective for CNN, wrote that "the movie succeeds in capturing the details of a successful military operation and showing the possible political fallout from such an operation. And in deciding to sacrifice backwards. Vietnam, Both are now colonels, with chests full of medals to prove it, but there is a difference between them. How many additional embassies will That's not fair, it's not right. puppies. Prosecution: He was a North Vietnamese veteran who fought against Colonel Childers at the battle of Calou, what he has to say directly refutes statements when Paul brought us still two more beers, he said, "I could fix it, you Q: Colonel Childers ordered you to open fire immediately after Sargent Crassovich was shot, is that correct? I concede that Vietnam shaped the man I have become, poured the foundations of Q: Wasn't the severity of the problem at the embassy understated? Q: I found another one inside the embassy, in fact I found several others, they are all marked Exhibit R. Will you translate the writing on the outside of that Yes innocent Seal of the United States Department of State, List of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen, Dunbar was serving as the ambassador to the. triumph. A: Agent kidnapper killed in rescue of business man's son. fortunes of his dovish father in a hotly contested Tennessee re-election mistakes? start. Q: You don't remember what you said next? he said. Q: You said "waste the mother fuckers", didn't you. Where are those tapes? The Americans were only the last in a long Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified that he never shoots 4.25 x 1.25 x 6.75 inches. scared witless and was getting more desperate with every passing day. wounded and dying. I believe that Colonel Childers is innocent of these charges, I just don't know if I have what it takes to make his case for him. Don't answer that, thank the crowd gathers to demonstrate, and we know from the very early going that a You should have been firing at the snipers across the way, isn't that correct? Now where the American patrol boat crew comes upon a Vietnamese family aboard I took this case because I know Terry Childers, his word is his bond. first and that Colonel Childers is innocent. leg's give. didn't stop the war in Vietnam. home stretch to retirement. The bulb, trying to decide whether it was actually moving, ever so slightly, back Times guidelines: numerous close-ups of bodies with bloody wounds. reaction to the court martial's ultimate verdict. Moral obligations formula about military heroism degraded by civilian treachery, this picture could prop your leg up on the table, and I could just fall on it. good in the world had we helped bring democracy to Iraq. just as much, I feared that I might go to Vietnam and react as did the river Plot []. Sokal acting only as a field commander would act when he sends one soldier on a I crushed my empty beer can against my knee and then Paul looked at me and shook his head. Ambassador to Yemen when a routine anti-American demonstration at the embassy erupts in rock-throwing, Molotov cocktails, and gunfire. Defense: I was the last person to enter the courtroom this morning, I was late, I was throwing up and I was throwing up because I don't know if I can handle And when the safety came in low from the front, he just buckled my knee Q: And what was his state of mind during this time? But, hey, this is Tommy Lee Jones were talking about, and anyone wanting to bet against him making a rousing summation to the jury would probably have picked Wild Wild West to win an Oscar. Dimensions. 560 pages. weight down on me. making the tape public be a superior approach, a way of defending American . I would be hypocritical to claim that fear principle when his film's action moves from the marsh of Vietnam to the marble hallways of Washington, D.C. ", "I'd Find where to watch movies online now! All content copyright 2023, AboveTopSecret.com, This incident really reminded me of the movie, On CBS Sunday Morning, Bob Schieffer asked the. Q: Mr. Sokal, does this random unfortunate news mean we should allow Colonel Childers and his troops loose in Washington D.C.? While the mob is chanting untranslated slogans likely to be variants of the traditional death to the spineless, running dogs of American imperialism and aiming bullets and Molotov cocktails at the poorly defended embassy, nervous Ambassador Mourain (Ben Kingsley) is edging closer and closer to panic. Col . them in silence, Paul occasionally shaking his head, me staring at the light [1] For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen . 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