I have watched three more episodes of Generation Kill.I am liking it (if that's the right word) as the characters - and their relationships with each other - are developed more fully. The show also continues to make me think through my feelings about the invasion of Iraq.
There was a great scene where Brad Colbert (he, the driver Ray Person and Lieutenant Nathan Fick are the main characters, in my reading of it) ran and danced around an open field, arms spread and hollering. The other Marines watched - not in judgment but in some fascination.
There was no explanation of why he did this, and afterwards he went back to his 'no-nonsense' approach to leading his Humvee team. The scene reminded me of the beginning of Dances with Wolves where Kevin Costner rode, open-armed, across the battlefield (although in that scene there seemed to be something of a death wish going on).
102. A major subplot of Episode 6 was the tension between the Marines and the Reservists, who were (not glowingly) portrayed as "cowboy-tourist-weekend-soldiers." Did Bush's decision to rely heavily on Guard and Reservists in the invasion cause some of the problems in the Iraqi reaction? Have military historians criticized this decision?
