Senior Rene:
Every jackass thinks he knows what war is.
That’s because they’ve never been in one.
They like things nice and simple:
good and evil, heroes and villains, and always plenty of both.
Most of time they are not who we think they are.
Most guys I knew would never talk about what happened over there.
Probably because they*re still trying to forget about it.
They certainly didn’t think themselves as heroes.
— Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Every jackass thinks he knows what war is.
That’s because they’ve never been in one.
They like things nice and simple:
good and evil, heroes and villains, and always plenty of both.
Most of time they are not who we think they are.
Most guys I knew would never talk about what happened over there.
Probably because they*re still trying to forget about it.
They certainly didn’t think themselves as heroes.
— Flags of Our Fathers (2006)