Sir! No Sir! - 2005 Documentary

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When the American military turns its weight against a people, it is not pretty sight.

And the carefully woven link between our nation having wars of aggression against third world nations and then its bigwigs trying to have soldiers turn against civilians at home is carefully chronicled inside this documentary.

What is the slogan for the military bigwigs when the military thinks the American people need to be taken down a notch?

Historically, the slogan has been: "Kill them all - sort it out later!"

[The Wizard]

1. I knew Dave Cline

He was a relentless fighter for justice right to the end. I miss you Dave.

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4. Something about him reached out to me while he was speaking.

He had a powerful soul.

I am sorry for the loss of yr friend.

[Owl]

2. Wow! I just ordered the full length DVD for $15

[truedelphi]

3. I am ordering it later tonight. It is a really

Disturbing but instructive video. I had no idea of how many people were actively opposing what was going on while inside the military.

A relative of mine had been in Vietnam in 1968, and I knew from what he said that fragging was going on. But I had no idea of all the organized opposition with organized strategies going on.

[proverbialwisdom]

5. Related documentary.

WARNING: Gruesome and graphic war scenes in trailer.

THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Trailer

Uploaded on Aug 10, 2011

A son's riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby's son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows, and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nation's most cloaked actions.

From the beginning of his career as an OSS officer parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, William Colby rose through the ranks of "The Company," and soon was involved in covert operations in hot spots around the globe. He swayed elections against the Communists in Italy, oversaw the coup against President Diem in Saigon, and ran the controversial Phoenix Program in Vietnam, which sparked today's legacy of counter-insurgency. But after decades of obediently taking on the White House's toughest and dirtiest assignments, and rising to become Director of CIA, Colby defied the President. Braving intense controversy, he opened up to Congress some of the agency's darkest, most tightly held secrets and extra-legal operations.

Now, his son asks a series of powerful and relevant questions about the father who was a ghost-like presence in the family home -- and the intelligence officer who became a major force in American history, paving the way for today's provocative questions about security and secrecy vs. liberty and morality. The film forges a fascinating mix of rare archival footage, never-before-seen photos, and interviews with the "who's who" of American intelligence, including former National Security Advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense and Director of CIA James Schlesinger, as well Pulitzer Prize journalists Bob Woodward, Seymour Hersh and Tim Weiner. Through it all, Carl Colby searches for an authentic portrait of the man who remained masked even to those who loved him most.

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6. Thanks for posting this.

There's a word in the beginning of the trailer I can't make out.

Do you perhaps know what word it is? "People used to turn to me and say, "Your father is a _____"