13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Swift take: I got to meet Michael Bay once, which is to say I got to ask him questions at a press conference in South Beach for Pain & Gain. I also got to meet The Rock and Mark Wahlberg, but meeting Bay was a real treat for me. He’s been a big part of keeping patriotism alive in Hollyweird. With his taking on executive producer for the nautical apocalyptic series (which plays like a salute to the United States Navy and Marine Corps) The Last Ship to other nods to the military in general, he’s proven he loves and supports the troops. He puts his money where his heart is! So, I am intrigued to see how he’ll treat such a sensitive subject as #Benghazi. Well, it should be a sensitive subject, to anyone paying attention to what’s happening in this country anyway.
For my part, I am very vocal on Twitter about my beliefs about this preventable tragedy, this complete lack of leadership at the command level, the sheer arrogance and audacity to believe that some pencil pushing dweebs in The Pentagon (or elsewhere) knew better than a seasoned group of operators who were living in country. It makes for a cliche plot out of an action movie, a cabal of cowardly politicians leaves grunts to die to cover up some incredibly shady dealings that may never fully come to light. But, as we are reminded . . . THIS IS A TRUE STORY!
These may just be actors, and some wonderfully surprising choices, I might add: John (The Office) Krasinski; Pablo (PornStache) Schreiber; and James Badge (Lord of the Flies) Dale! When an actor takes on a role like this, I like to think it is more than just a paycheck. I like to think they actually care. They want people to care too. They want us all to wake up and take stock in what is happening in our country. They want people to think, listen, educate themselves . . . and, more importantly DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
I was literally shaking after I watched this trailer. I wanted to punch something, I wanted to break something, I wanted to scream that this tragedy matters. Instead, I sat in my cubical and tweeted about it. Maybe once the film actually comes out, people will care to do more than tweet about their outrage. Maybe I will be able to scream from my cubical and not be considered a zealot. Maybe I will join a chorus of screams. But, in reality, we know that isn’t likely to happen. So many people don’t understand the truth. So many people live in the dark. Not the operators at the CIA, they live in the filth, and they see the truth for what it is . . . ugly.
