I never saw the movie, but the quote is pretty famous (or infamous).
bp
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On 1/10/2026 7:44 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I apologize to those that did not get the idea I was attempting to convey,
(obviously in a ham fisted manner. ) And here I thought I was being clever.
Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that?
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the
smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12
hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one
stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell? The whole hill.
Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end.
Kilgore reflects on this for a moment and frowns. Then he gets up and walks
away. Captain Willard stares at him in disbelief.
It was never clear if Kilgore is hoping that the war will end or is grieving
for the fact it won't last forever.
To me this is similar in some ways to what ICE is doing. Napalm. Not sure I
am drawing a line between Colonel Kurtz and Trump.... but .... well.... if you
think about it too much ...
Sorry to those that didn't see the movie in 1979 or see the body counts every
night on the TV from Walter Cronkite in the 1960s. I presumed to much and
forgot how old I am.
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I guess you didnt see the movie and dont know about the guy that said it. I
would have never guessed that original would have drifted into obscurity.
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On Jan 10, 2026, at 11:45 AM, Seth Mattinen via AF<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/10/26 09:41, Bill Prince wrote:
Sort of sounds like when you get shot in the face.
Might as well have said loving the scream while dying.
That's just fucking disgusting. I know there are people that get off on
killing, but I didn't think I'd see it stated here too.
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