Among the most influential war movie ever filmed...

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2004)

I have seen BHD so many times... Call me biased but there is some basis... I remember watching a documentary called the Presidents Movies... It was about what the Presidents watched during their term int the White house... A log in the Whitehouse is kept of all their movies...
One particular movie has come up... Blackhawk down... According to the log President G.W. Bush has requested this movie before he ordered the ground attack into Iraq... On the otherside of the fence copies of BHD was distributed to soldiers by Saddam Hussein's officers to teach them American Combat tactics and take down Blackhawk helicopters...
Many in the Simulated War or "Tactical Wargaming" Communinty consider this among the most accurate war movies... The lessons learned in this conflict shows weaknesses in the civilian leadership of the time and a key point on how not engage in urban warfare...
Many could consider this the "First" Anti-Al Qaeda or Bin Laden Movie since at the time the Leadership didn't notice Bin Laden aiding Aidid's forces... The techniques to take out Blackhawks are the same once used in Afghansitan to down Soviet Hind Gunships...
See this movie... And understand the War on Terror should not have started after 9-11...