Its an amazing movie

On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM Chuck <[email protected]> wrote:

> Loosly based on a real situation.  Brando played the real bad guy.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 11, 2026, at 9:32 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 
>
> I never saw the movie, but the quote is pretty famous (or infamous).
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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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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> Cc: Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Politics, Sarcasm, Provocative, bit of truth mixed in
>
> 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.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2026, at 11:45 AM, Seth Mattinen via AF <[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 1/10/26 09:41, Bill Prince wrote:
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> 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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