Best movie ever

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2006)

This is not only one of the best war movies of all times, it is one of the greatest movies of all times. I am actually a "Operation Restore Hope" veteran. I remember going to the theater with my wife and mom when this movie came out. All three of us left in tears. I have tried to explain my experiences in Somalia to people, and none of them seemed to take it seriously. The media must not have covered it that well. Trust me, I was in Iraq for "Operation Desert Storm" and Somalia was much worse.
Scott did a brilliant job at recreating Mogadishu. There were only a couple minor flaws in the movie and only someone who was there would be able to identify them.
As far as it depicting all Somali's as mindless warmongers. I totally disagree with people who make this claim. Only the ones who were shooting at us were the warmongers and that is what this movie is about. Who in the hell would watch a movie about the nice side of Somalia. Besides they did not want us there and tensions between civilians and soldiers escalated to the point where we hated them and they hated us. It was not worth loosing one soldiers life.
If you have not seen this movie, please do. Every bit of it is true. I was friends with a couple of the guys who died in this battle and I want people to know how they died as hero's.