Corrected entry: This movie is used as a reference during our annual LOAC (Law of Armed Conflict) requirement, because Meg Ryan's character would never have been considered for a medal of honor. She would have been court martialed. The helicopter she piloted featured a Red Cross. This means that the vehicle cannot fire and participate in battle, otherwise, no one will respect the emblem. The director obviously did not consult any military lawyers since this was the premise of the movie.
Rlvlk
24th Feb 2006
Courage Under Fire (1996)
11th Nov 2004
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Corrected entry: Karen Walden's Medevac and the Blackhawk chopper were both shot down near Kufa, Iraq, which is next to Najaf. In the first Gulf War, no American forces went that far north into Iraq with the exception of jets conducting air raids.
Correction: The movie isn't a documentry on the Persian Gulf War, it is a dramatization. If the screenwriters wanted a battle to happen that far North, they can do it.
Correction: This would come down to the brass at the Pentagon and the current administration. Do they discuss the Mei Lei massacre in your class? President Bush's defying the Geneva Convention on treatment of Iraqi prisoners? The handling of "enemy combatants" at Gitmo? This administration says it is not torture, but aggressive interrogation. One senior senator even said that if torturing Iraqi prisoners will save 1 American life all he has to say is 'Red is positive, black is negative'. There are members of the international community asking that Bush be brought up on war crime charges. His lawyers advised him that "aggresive interrogations" are allowed by the Geneva convention. What could happen, what should happen and what does happen when it comes to the law is always up to the people that enforce it.
Rlvlk