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: > > > > I never saw the movie, but the quote is pretty famous (or infamous). > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] On Behalf > Of Chuck > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 8:11 PM > To: [email protected] > 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: > > 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. > > -- > AF mailing > [email protected]http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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