More of a reenactment then a movie

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2002)

I know what you are thinking (if you have seen the movie) after reading the title of my post: no kidding dumbass, it's about a military mission gone wrong. My point is that I believe too much detail was paid to recreating the events of 10/3/93-10/4/93 instead of creating characters and a central plotline that the viewer could identify with. Basically, I sat there just absorbing everything that was put in front of me without really getting pulled into the movie. With that said, this is another movie that EVERY American should watch to understand what happens when we engage in OOTW (operations other then war...ridiculous concept isn't it?). The American military is trained for one thing: war. Not "peace-keeping" or policing or whatever other word you want to use for it. If the American military is involved in any conflict it must be with OVERWHELMING force, with clear and achievable objectives, and with the full focus of the country and especially the country's leaders (Clinton appointed a committee to oversee the actions in Somalia). Unfortunately, this lesson was learned the hard and tragic way over eight years ago.