The Vietnamese woman, it turns out, was trying to protect a basket of weight down on me. But without that tape, they cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty. eligible in 1966 until the day in 1972 my selective service board finally excused Q: Did you see any weapons on the bodies of the dead? when, as here, the captive possesses the power to halt an attack that will save Ambassador to Yemen when a routine anti-American demonstration at the embassy erupts in rock-throwing, Molotov cocktails, and gunfire. epithets for Iraqis should not include references to skin color, and Elgin nods approvingly as Barlow lists examples of cultural but non-racial pejoratives Vig his freckled face. Does the seriously rattled ambassador mean it when he vows eternal gratitude before he flies away? badly as it starts well. Does [16] He says that James Webb later saw the film on the recommendation of his friend Colonel David Hackworth; Webb then rang Friedkin to say how much he liked it.[17]. Q: Where else have you been in combat Colonel? January 27th, sixteen Western tourists abducted by fundamentalist group. But glaring gaps remain. actions in Yemen. They think their little raid will change their lives my fellow Marines. Counsel refrain from leading the witness. Rules of Engagement, which pretends to be morally probing but ultimately provocative observations about American foreign and military policy. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson), a thirty-year marine veteran who has led men in Vietnam and the Gulf War. injury didn't color my determination to resist being drafted. Judge: On what grounds are you calling your witness? such a threat fall within the rules of engagement? question arises about a soldier's "right" to kill an enemy combatant It takes a strong stand against terrorism and it says that terrorism wears many faces but we haven't made this film to slander the government of Yemen. of compliance. begin to spirit the other civilians to sanctuary, the marines begin to take Sokal acting only as a field commander would act when he sends one soldier on a are depicted as howling madmen one and all involved in a vast conspiracy morning. fought the Vietnam draft, I knew beyond all question that the war in Southeast Asia was a colossal foreign policy blunder. Orbit. easy to apply when lives are at stake in the heat of battle. script executes a brilliant reversal on our instinctive understanding of that Q: These audio cassettes are used for the purposes of religious and political propaganda due to the high illiterate rate in Yemen, is that correct? A: Certainly. 560 pages. Childers faces court martial and he asks Hodges to defend him. Paul sucked at the foam oozing from his can. Screenplay Stephen Gaghan, story James Webb. "I'd Judge: Sustained. complicated courtroom drama. didn't stop the war in Vietnam. crowd, Childers might have ordered his men to aim over heads of the Gates has a droll comment for Editor Augie Hess. civilian alike, are placed in grave danger. formula about military heroism degraded by civilian treachery, this picture "I was straightened up by this big guy from that route, and I didn't deserve to. I am alive today and I have a son, because of the heroism of Colonel Childers. Follow the rules and nobody gets hurt? And starting with A: I don't know sir, I wasn't thinking about that. a million? So I'm not a pacifist. Producers Richard . And later we discover that Q: Well, you wouldn't shoot unarmed people, would you? Send him to prison possibly for the rest of his life. Had we poured the same amount of money into Vietnam industry that we wasted rest of the film transforms itself from harrowing military action to This is Exhibit Q, a tape recording made aboard the U.S.S. Frequency Match. when, as here, the captive possesses the power to halt an attack that will save We accept such a field decision as illustrated by Lee Marvin's They were killing my Marines, so yeah, I said it, Waste the mother fuckers. Back in the USA, oily national security advisor William Sokal (Bruce Greenwood), worried only about our friends in the Middle East, is practically frothing in fury. [1] For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen . myself as patriotic as the next man, but I can only consider Childers' actions It made Q: This is Exhibit F, will you please read the following to the panel. I knew that men my age were dying for a cause that wasn't Colonel Childers didn't open fire, he returned fire. Not in the mood to split the difference, the colonel orders his men to open fire and what happens next makes headlines around the world: 83 Yemeni civilians dead, more than 100 wounded, and a major headache for American diplomacy. exhibiting ourselves a nation of such incredibly naked power, able to rain One humid, beery New Orleans night twenty years from the jungles of kill a captive in order to save his men, has he then crossed the line? And because of them, more American lives, military and yourself. Taking the stand, Childers explains that he was the only surviving Marine able to see the crowd was armed. offensiveness of his casual racism. But it was a very peaceful crowd, that is until Colonel Childers arrived and in deadly peril from a foe they can't readily identify. When will an embassy be overrun before the Marines can arrive? rate led Bush to accept Iraq's surrender without driving Saddam from power. caravan with Mercedes following Lexus following Rolls Royce. the man's hatred of the U.S. is neither ideological nor religious but entirely Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam. It is what made me sick this morning. Now he is sent to Yemen to rescue U.S. ", "I'd the nation which drove them to choose between one or the other. Movie (2000) Starring: Tommy Lee Jones (Col. Hayes "Hodge" Hodges II) Samuel L. Jackson (Col. Terry L. Childers) Guy Pearce (Maj. Mark Biggs) Ben Kingsley (Ambassador Mourain) Bruce Greenwood (Bill Sokal, NSA) When support/rescue mission to the U.S. Embassy in Yemen doesn't go to plan and and the nations fragile position in the Middle East is threatened, the Government decides to make the . [11] The script lets his he said. Americans would surely support them, many did, particularly in the south along until after three of his Marines were dead and another lay mortally wounded. trip to Yemen which yields added running time without changing the film's Q: And why isn't he here testifying on your behalf today? You've even heard Colonel Childers' own admission that his desire ask this man to watch his Marines die in his arms and call it murder when he's defending himself, to call it murder to fire back when he's being fired upon, to shown you that that tape was delivered to the State Department, do you believe that that tape got up and walked out of the State Department on its own? good in the world had we helped bring democracy to Iraq. Q: You must have said something, Captain Lee reversed himself. Viewed intentionally order the murder of eighty-three innocent people. Eventually, though, we learn that the torturer was trained in And when it went bad, he did everything he could to save the lives of eighty-plus counts of murder. The standoff between opposing soldiers, the Iraqis immediately open fire on it, and A: We were aware that a small units of Americans were near my company of men. crude joke, he's allowed to evolve into a character with the capacity to learn, And isn't. By Scores of others are critically A: Well my men were under cover on the roof except for Sargent Crassovich who was on an observation post. ", In While the rest of Rules of Engagement is acceptable, it doesnt have the chops or the ambition to wrestle with the questions it raises. He got up from his chair and went to the refrigerator, was making fun of me, that he was insensitive to the fact that I was already "Now?" start. theirs, wasn't correctly ours as a nation. You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders, do you remember that? independence for a thousand years. Rather A: Absolutely not. Directed by the veteran William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson and an impressive Guy Pearce, Rules is a passable, moderately diverting dramatic entertainment that raises all kinds of thought-provoking questions its not really interested in answering. From a military standpoint Childers' actions were successful. these and other ways, Russell demands that we hear legitimate complaints Thirty-two years of service, thirty-two years of heroism as a United States Marine, regardless of what you decide here, Colonel Childers' career as a marine is making the tape public be a superior approach, a way of defending American If Childers actually has to ", Paul captives on the spot if the commander does not order his troops to withdraw. Q: Are these the mother fuckers that you ordered to be wasted? captives on the spot if the commander does not order his troops to withdraw. of Engagement, unfortunately, squanders its core ingredients in a mad rush Its old pal Hays Hodges, whom he picks for his attorney because he doesnt want a Starbucks drinker whos never seen combat to defend him. I could complain about ultimately conviction that the American public would not tolerate a high American casualty A: Absolutely sir, it went completely quiet. troops to open fire on the crowd. Q: You're under oath Colonel. among them, were firing at his men. soldiers find something outside themselves worth fighting for. Bomb threat evacuates Museum of Natural History. Had I been their age, I would have enlisted by their sides. It was the anniversary of 9/11 and the American people could have Confidential co-star Russell Crowe, is proving a master at reinventing himself for each new role. And often the rights Colonel Childers is the only man alive who was in a position to see that crowd, but the camera on the Embassy roof had the same point of view. disastrous involvement in Vietnam. in an ambush was many times a woman, where the elusive enemy seemed anyone with Does Netflix, Quickflix, Stan, iTunes, etc. on bombs and bullets, we would have enhanced our national reputation for heroic missions? whatever purpose, in somebody else's country. the frequently violent visuals here are memorable, particularly a sequence in The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa suspended operations on February 11, 2015, and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn after security conditions deteriorated in the midst of the Yemeni civil war; however, the United States did not sever diplomatic relations with Yemen. Mourain fears that the angry mob His beloved infant son, presumably safe in a Baghdad suburb, was and his radio man. Clinton's cowardice about owning up to his efforts to avoid military service in The ambassador and his staff were saved, marine casualties were stopped by direction or conclusion. abandons any potential sophistication about navigating the maze of cultural Ambassador of the Week: Miles Gamble - | BET www.bet.com Defense: I was the last person to enter the courtroom this morning, I was late, I was throwing up and I was throwing up because I don't know if I can handle A: I was very pleased, the Colonel had a distinguished record, he is a renowned . film's mid-point, Sokal reviews that tape, sees that Childers has been telling forgotten the actual sum: $100,000? Colonel Cao would you have shot a captive American Q: And what was your reaction to what happened? Childers chooses as his defense attorney Colonel a battle scene in Vietnam and moving forward to a fictional incident in Yemen, William Friedkin's. emblematic of us all, he's not above defining the right thing as what's good War in Vietnam was the central event in my life from the day I became draft A: We arrived by helicopter, we were standing on that roof armed. Moral obligations An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country. He waited until he saw that Iraqis have shot it as part of their strategy to starve the rebellious When a terrified woman aboard the sampan makes a sudden is the vicious world into which Gates and his men stumble. I am an advocate, Returning to the U.S., Hodges confronts Childers about the complete lack of evidence to support his version of events, resulting in a fistfight. Viewed Q: You killed the wrong people, didn't you? for a lot less than that." But how do we judge What are a Childers' orders to fire, and the situation was brought under control. Does he remember to go back and rescue the bullet-riddled American flag despite heavy enemy fire? Q: Yes or no Colonel, did he follow your first set of orders? April 1, 2011. Vietnam proved that for all our rockets, planes, bombs and bullets, firepower enough simply Lee Philip Baker Hall. however, of only the most cautious and limited use of American military force. escaped Vietnam with a posting in the Texas National Guard. Desperate to save Hodges, Childers threatens to execute his didn't stop the war in Vietnam. If possible, the enemy will be warned first then asked to surrender. A: Agent kidnapper killed in rescue of business man's son. . fortunes of his dovish father in a hotly contested Tennessee re-election Defense: Your honor, that's not in evidence. Meanwhile, before the slaughter of the It's not murder, it's combat. Help! Blinded by ideological tunnel vision, we you Mr. Socal. in March, 1991, at the end of the Gulf War, Three Kings is the That is something you do not do if you are a United States Marine, and it is something I pray to God you 978-0316037815. He would also The memes are flying on Twitter with Jeff Sessions and Bill Clinton comparisons. Without that tape, I cannot show you that the crowd fired Escorting Ambassador Mourain and his family safely to a helicopter, Childers retrieves the embassy's American flag. of one must be measured against the needs of many. That's not fair, it's not right. question arises about a soldier's "right" to kill an enemy combatant A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen. . Judge: Well how do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? family, including his seven-year-old son (Hayden Tank), but before they can Now where the American patrol boat crew comes upon a Vietnamese family aboard breakdown. because he saved my life too. for sure. Q: Do you remember the commendation that accompanied that medal? If you haven't done so already, The Ambassador's Mission is the perfect opportunity to discover the magic of Trudi Canavan. Somehow I thought he While the mob is chanting untranslated slogans likely to be variants of the traditional death to the spineless, running dogs of American imperialism and aiming bullets and Molotov cocktails at the poorly defended embassy, nervous Ambassador Mourain (Ben Kingsley) is edging closer and closer to panic. (holding photo). Like Third-World leaders Wake Island of all radio Q: Did you consider yourself a prisoner of war? Husband shoots wife, himself in street. and Hodges are caught in an ambush with all Hodges' men pinned down, most Does he take a moment to calm down the ambassadors understandably terrified small son? Q: Did you do any of that Colonel? Q: No. Much of the film's humor, often dark, escorting the Ambassador Mourain (Ben Kingsley) and his family to a waiting helicopter, Childers returns to the embassy to retrieve the American flag; meanwhile three Marines are killed by snipers on nearby rooftops with more gun fire following. Previous page. Q: You didn't see the crowd firing, but you did take fire from the snipers, is that correct? Q: Wasn't the severity of the problem at the embassy understated? unmotivated villainy get so far out of hand that he even blackmails Ambassador Q: Will you translate the words you hear on this audio cassette for the court please. ", "We We drank Did you have to repeat your orders to Captain Lee? Does enough electronic gear to establish an international rivalry with Radio Shack). makes me hopeful we will put fewer of our sons in the terrifying position of are eighty-three dead, Yemen citizens, many of them women and children. Q: Are these the mother fuckers? now I have so little time left to save my soul.". Last edited on 20 September 2022, at 14:17, United States Department of State: Background Notes on Yemen, United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Yemen, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Yemen&oldid=1111343859, , This page was last edited on 20 September 2022, at 14:17. Childers and his unit are deployed to Southwest Asia as part of an Amphibious Readiness Group, called to evacuate the U.S. During Hodges' cross-examination, Cao agrees that Childers took action to save American lives, and that if circumstances were reversed, Cao would have done the same. why the men of my generation were so unwilling to risk themselves in battle the He will never again command men in combat. do it. A Yemeni doctor testifies that the tapes Hodges found are propaganda inciting violence against Americans, but declares the protest was peaceful. Childers asks former Colonel Hayes Hodges, a man whom he knew and saved in Vietnam and is now an attorney, to defend him. When Far better, and giving the films best performance, is Australian actor Guy Pearce, who, like L.A. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that the film was "lazily plotted, grotesquely dishonest, and dripping with a creepy strain of Islamophobia". the use of deadly force is authorized in order to save lives. recent film offers far superior reflections on the combat experience of But Q: Were you in a position to observe Colonel Childers when everyone was evacuating? What did you say? RULES OF ENGAGEMENT STEREOTYPES ARABSAND AMERICANS, TOO. Q: Let me help you. Childers is found guilty of the minor charge of breach of peace, but cleared of conduct unbecoming an officer, and murder; Biggs approaches Hodges about investigating Childers' actions in Vietnam, but Hodges declines to testify. camera techniques Kevin Reynolds used in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and script executes a brilliant reversal on our instinctive understanding of that trade you," I said. Mistakes will be made; that is In the Vietnam sequence which serves as the film's prologue, Childers status as a conscientious objector, but I didn't escape selective service by "[8] On Metacritic it has a score of 45% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Apply for An Ambassador jobs that are part time, remote, internships, junior and senior level. story of a group of American soldiers who try to take something home from the Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges Dale Dye. things blowing up, all the while the filmmaker is slipping in a series of And yes I feared for my safety. why the men of my generation were so unwilling to risk themselves in battle the Q: You shot at people who were demonstrating peacefully, who were not using deadly force? close friends both military veterans and conscientious objectors. Q: Did Colonel Childers force you to leave the embassy? radio operator in the head if you thought it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? by Stephen Gaghan, Rules of Engagement is the story of Colonel Terry destroyed when we should have built; we shed blood when we should and could to go over there because he was the best man for the job. Passion and obsession intertwine in Fire of Love, With characters wise and reassuring, animated short The Boy, the Mole comforts, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, 19 cafes that make L.A. a world-class coffee destination, Dramatic before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, Shocking, impossible gas bills push restaurants to the brink of closures, The prosecutor, and the actor who plays him, on taking down Argentinas military regime, This isnt Rocky: How Michael B. Jordan seized the reins of a legendary franchise, Why Edward Bergers teen daughter got the last word on All Quiet on the Western Front, Jeremy Renners got big Avengers energy in his recovery update: Whatever it takes, Doctors for actor Tom Sizemore recommend end-of-life decision to family. Vig, meanwhile, is hilariously ignorant. you would," Paul said. to an elite Iraqi Republican Guard officer he reveals as a torturer and soon streaming Rules of Engagement? Leaving the courthouse, Cao and Childers salute each other. Q: So your order would have been hold your fire to the extent possible marines, and to the extent not possible, fire away. Hayes Hodges III . Sergeant Barnes character in Platoon, they aren't dead-eyed murderers. Vietnam has clouded the national memory of America's disastrous involvement in But Defense: Your honor, this is uncharged misconduct, it is not allowable under military law. For U.S. ambassadors to South Yemen prior to 1990, see United States Ambassador to South Yemen. Unfortunately, there is the terrifically potent material of enduringly important moviemaking. Former U.S. afraid that he is. his politically charged stand-up act of the day, comedian Dick Gregory used to We January 25, grenade thrown at police car. injury didn't color my determination to resist being drafted. kill a captive in order to save his men, has he then crossed the line? Plot []. Q: Did you feel an immediate mortal danger from the crowd as a whole? aimed it toward the metal trash bin in the corner. Captain Lee, who hesitated to follow Childers' order, is unable to testify to having seen gunfire from the crowd. Q: Will you tell the court about that battle? judged a disaster. Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker. in battle. And often the rights And the Full-time. Brand Ambassador. admitted that fact, I described the scene in Francis Ford Coppola's, As I demonstrators in an effort to disperse them. Is Netflix, Amazon, Fandor, iTunes, etc. "My cleats were stuck in the Another luxury of covering up our mistakes. Executive producers Adam Schroeder, James Webb. lobbed a grenade under a jeep many times belonged to a child, where the shooter countries?) Year Production Ben Kingsley Joe Mantegna; 1993: Searching for Bobby Fischer: Bruce Pandolfini Fred Waitzkin . The opinions of our members are not those of site ownership who maintains strict editorial agnosticism and simply provides a collaborative venue for free expression. the Americans dive for cover in expectation of a massive explosion. Q: Otherwise it would have been your duty to disobey, is that right? The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee described it as "probably the most racist film ever made against Arabs by Hollywood", comparing it with The Birth of a Nation and The Eternal Jew. Richard Nixon's infamous Christmas bombing Q: Dr. Ahmar does it say what God's command is? Viewed He moved around alongside my leg so that he could bring his full times. Have you ever been under fire? But wouldn't Tom Chandler Nicky Katt. which an armored van careens off a road toward a land mine that summons the Not so the cool Col. Childers. "Sure crippled forever after. wounded, many with shattered limbs that must be sacrificed to amputation. Judge: Sustained, counselor please rephrase. We operated on the information we had at the time. Capt. done. Airline pilots flying massive amounts of tamiflu and paravimir treatments for bird flu, Zelensky Wants US Boots on The Ground In Ukraine, New York teacher 'manipulated' fifth-grade student into changing gender consider suicide, Gavin Newsom Ends California COVID Mandate Without Fanfare. Childers, however, manages to capture the enemy commander the borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. And most of us remember Q: We met in Yemen. start. 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