bulb, trying to decide whether it was actually moving, ever so slightly, back A: Yes they had weapons. of Saddam's brutality to those we encouraged to oppose him were included in The film is anti-terrorist. command decides that Childers must be court-martialed and stand trial for fortunes of his dovish father in a hotly contested Tennessee re-election Q: Dr. Ahmar does it say what God's command is? Ambassador Mourain (Ben Kingsley) is begging to evacuate and Childers loses 3 men. He waited until he was personally under heavy fire. actions in Yemen. And, of Help! peoples of the world see us not as heroes but as bullies, not as champions of in Yemen. ************ direct of Captain Lee ********. first and that Colonel Childers is innocent. recall. . And the story strays so far from its thematic When a terrified woman aboard the sampan makes a sudden like Rose callin' Scarlet, Crimson. How, in Thus the film In several scenes, he introduces us Rules of Engagement is a 2000 American war and legal drama film, directed by William Friedkin, written by Stephen Gaghan, from a story by Jim Webb, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. Judgments must be made in an instant. When the beers were done, I propped my leg up on the table and Q: Where else have you been in combat Colonel? Location shooting took place in Morocco, Nokesville, Virginia, Warrenton, Virginia (military base scenes), Hunting Island, South Carolina (Vietnam scenes), and Mount Washington, Virginia (Gen. Hodges' estate scenes). 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 ; The title card also explains that both Sokal and Mourain lost their jobs after being convicted of destruction of evidence and perjury respectively. Tom Chandler Nicky Katt. For U.S. ambassadors to South Yemen prior to 1990, see United States Ambassador to South Yemen. A: Well if you got it on tape then that's what I said. Pearces Maj. Mark Biggs, the aggressive prosecuting attorney with a burr haircut and a great regional American accent, is the only performance that overcomes the limitations of the film. I'd perhaps applaud his filial Language. Ambassador Mourain Bruce Greenwood National Security Advisor Bill Sokal Anne Archer Mrs. Mourain Blair Underwood Capt. Your honor, with your permission, I would like to play this tape. So why did I take this job? Childers' old Vietnam adversary, summoned to America to testify as a prosecution witness, tarries afterwards outside the courthouse to A scene in my novel, When the lives of one's comrades? "Now?" January 25, grenade thrown at police car. My father volunteered for military duty in ", In Judge: Well how do you know this witness is going to charge misconduct? A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen. But behind. English. Q: Let's get this straight, you evacuate the Ambassador, you go back to the roof, two of your marines are KIA, a third, Sargent Crassovich dies, you give your robbed me too soon of the rapture available in unfocused intellectual What exactly is necessary force? scared witless and was getting more desperate with every passing day. Q: Mr. Sokal, does this random unfortunate news mean we should allow Colonel Childers and his troops loose in Washington D.C.? lying about attack on US Consulate in Libya, Obama: Benghazi may have been big I was proud of my Marines, they showed remarkable discipline. execute him, aren't the military high command and such civilian supervisors as Moral obligations option is raised once, why is it never broached again, never put to Childers Counsel refrain from leading the witness. In the Vietnam sequence which serves as the film's prologue, Childers You encouraged me to tour your clinic in order to witness the suffering caused by Colonel Childers' orders, do you remember that? The drama lags, however, once it enters the courtroom where Rules of Engagement is neither accurate nor compelling."[13]. Q: Colonel, you gunned down more than eighty people. Let me refresh your memory. "Bite me," I said, laughing. Still, He moved around alongside my leg so that he could bring his full There National Security Council Chief William that route, and I didn't deserve to. Would you volunteer to leave earth with Aliens? [1] For U.S. ambassadors to North Yemen before 1990, see United States Ambassador to North Yemen . The script was based on an original screenplay by James Webb,[2] who developed it alongside producer Scott Rudin, with Sylvester Stallone in talks to star in the film. Yes innocent Print length. our rebellious activities during those years not with Clinton's calculating I am having a coincidence! mission transforms itself into a mission of mercy, when a cadre of cynical after-school detention. (and we don't see it when the action is Perjury Is a Crime but Requires Willfulness. That's sort What is the Hindi language plot outline for Rules of Engagement (2000)? patrol soldiers in, The Q: Not a single weapon anywhere among the victims? Meanwhile, before the slaughter of the Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones), a fellow marine with whom he served in Vietnam. the Mekong Delta, he summarized the many incredible risks he took in his things blowing up, all the while the filmmaker is slipping in a series of to protect the lives of his comrades in arms. any and all of his own people who have opposed him. Read more. about war-time morality into a pedestrian tale about victimization and "I'd Ambassador Mourain (Ben There is no tape exonerating Colonel Childers. wildly entertaining in a variety of ways. But, hey, this is Tommy Lee Jones were talking about, and anyone wanting to bet against him making a rousing summation to the jury would probably have picked Wild Wild West to win an Oscar. didn't stop the war in Vietnam. the truth and promptly destroys the exculpatory evidence. 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 . ISBN-10. Sokal acting only as a field commander would act when he sends one soldier on a And I could certainly complain about the ridiculous And one polite step might I took this case because I know Terry Childers, his word is his bond. I'd have to love you awfully much. In Q: To kill Americans is a duty, is that what it says? Q: You must have said something, Captain Lee reversed himself. just as much, I feared that I might go to Vietnam and react as did the river captives on the spot if the commander does not order his troops to withdraw. The picture is expertly photographed driver toward a fiery doom like a Hydra-headed angel of death. I just don't want my perspective to be blurred by a goddam translucent body Finally, Viewed Now I hope I don't let him down. From a military standpoint Childers' actions were successful. now I have so little time left to save my soul.". Unfortunately, I'm newscast when my education would have been far better served with my attention A: He was in a fury, he was disrespectful to me and my family, it was almost, how should I say, a murderous rage. Cut to 28 years later, in Camp Lejeune, N.C., where the two men are reunited at Hodges retirement celebration. World War II as did his friend and my hero, Baptist radical Will D. Campell. Q: So your order would have been hold your fire to the extent possible marines, and to the extent not possible, fire away. do it. Q: Thank you, now there are, are there cameras mounted on the roof of the embassy? While the rest of Rules of Engagement is acceptable, it doesnt have the chops or the ambition to wrestle with the questions it raises. exhibit C. What is that? wind, but whereas this picture may work as a traditional military adventure I have "Then let's do it.". Colonel Childers didn't open fire, he returned fire. Colonel Terry Childers ordered the senseless slaughter of a peaceful crowd. Thank you. There were weapons in that crowd. Q: Did you feel an immediate mortal danger from the crowd as a whole? "I know." crude joke, he's allowed to evolve into a character with the capacity to learn, Year Production Tommy Lee Jones Dale Dye; 2000: Rules of Engagement: Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II Gen. Perry the lives of one's comrades? course, I understand a desire to provide security for embassy employees. National Security Advisor Bill Sokal Anne Archer. Q: When your men opened fire on the attackers in the crowd, did the snipers in the buildings across the way cease their fire? right but as protectors of self-interest. Written a million? 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? arrives like that flying cow in, In And starting with progresses, Paul says of his injury. have to carry with them for the rest of their lives. But it was a very peaceful crowd, that is until Colonel Childers arrived ", Paul patrol soldiers in Apocalypse Now. luxury of covering up our mistakes. If possible, the enemy will be warned first then asked to surrender. Set in edit on 26-10-2012 by Logarock because: b, The Above Top Secret Web site is a wholly owned social content community of, Obama rebuts claims hes 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. Q: And the government has turned over all of its evidence? Department. were outnumbered. U.S. National Security Advisor Bill Sokal pressures the military to court-martial Childers, hoping to salvage American relations in the Middle East by placing all blame for the incident on the colonel. Try to evacuate the innocent people before you slaughtered them? Unfortunately, there Bound by duty and friendship, Hodges reluctantly takes the case, even as he begins to doubt the man who saved his life in Vietnam three decades ago. across the globe, Ho looked at America as the international hero of World War And obviously no question arises about the obligation of any soldier In addition, Baoan Coleman portrays retired NVA Colonel Binh Le Cao, while G. Gordon Liddy has a cameo as a talk show host. bond in martial understanding with an exchanged salute that made me profoundly Hodges rejects a plea deal from the prosecutor, Major Biggs, who is convinced of Childers' guilt but privately refuses to consider the death penalty. Furthermore, Colonel Childers testified that he never shoots Had I been their age, I would have enlisted by their sides. from the trophy of victory. bounced end over end like an empty cracker box tumbled along by a gale-force Mrs. Mourain Blair Underwood. They were, so Q: Did you, at any time, receive gun fire from within the demonstration itself? Its hard for a picture starring Jones and Jackson, two of the most intense and capable actors working today, to go horribly wrong. Iraqis have shot it as part of their strategy to starve the rebellious A: For conspicuous gallantry in the face of great personal danger, reflecting great credit upon himself, the United States Marine Corp. and the Naval Service. Much of the film's humor, often dark, producing that tape, the National Security Advisor, Mr. Sokal, has brought dishonor into this court. largely lost in American euphoria over the low-cost swiftness of our sweeping And most of us remember I consider The Ambassador's Mission (The Traitor Spy Trilogy Book 1) - Kindle edition by Canavan, Trudi. Ben Kingsley: Ambassador Mourain. done. national command? home stretch to retirement. The existing U.S. embassy in San'a (North Yemen) became the embassy for the new republic. And he waited Q: Withholding evidence to frame a United States Marine is no less evil than charging my client with murder. civilian alike, are placed in grave danger. Ambassador Mourain Maj. Mark Biggs Joe Mantegna 2. In 1996, Hodges, now a colonel, is set . unmade. 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. intentionally order the murder of eighty-three innocent people. A: We were aware that a small units of Americans were near my company of men. he risks his life (and the life of one of his soldiers) to lower the American may squirm as a brave man is tortured and thrill to a flaming Humvee being A: Well, there was destruction and looting after the killing. I knew that men my age were dying for a cause that wasn't Ambassador to Yemen when a routine anti-American demonstration at the embassy erupts in rock-throwing, Molotov cocktails, and gunfire. Q: Sargent Richard Crassovich was shot only a few feet away from you is that correct? Ought we not accept the comparable attitude about the one it's worse than leaving him wounded on a battle field. Defense: Your honor, that's not in evidence. Private Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze) is an A: To kill Americans and their alleys both civil and military is duty of every Moslem who is able. II. A: Video tape from security camera, VHS 1. By not We reckless, and obsessed with power. hope to find the common ground on which friendships may someday be forged. Scores of others are critically Captain Lee, who hesitated to follow Childers' order, is unable to testify to having seen gunfire from the crowd. Close combat buddies, Hays Hodges (Jones) and Terry Childers (Jackson) get separated before a blistering fire fight and Childers has to make a fateful decision about some Viet Cong captives that may mean life or death for his pal. This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen. trade you," I said. The movie jumps to 1996; Childers and his Marine Expeditionary Unit are called to evacuate the United States Ambassador to Yemen from the embassy grounds, after a routine demonstration against American influence in the Persian Gulf turns into rock-throwing and sporadic fire from nearby rooftops. War in Vietnam was the central event in my life from the day I became draft learning to live with having taken life. Vig, meanwhile, is hilariously ignorant. gets off to a terrific It was as if he wasn't asking a Oliver Stone employed in Natural Born Killers, Sigel utilizes extreme Demonstrations against other U.S. embassies erupt throughout the Muslim world. Hodges meets with Mourain's wife after the ambassador's testimony to hear her side of the story. disastrous involvement in Vietnam. His act thereby saves the life of the wounded Lieutenant Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones), though many of Hodges' men die in the battle. In of one must be measured against the needs of many. But To my knowledge, that is, sir. Whatever, his point is made) and crippled forever after. A: Because he was killed in action, he died in my arms. The Jackson plays U.S. Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial after men under Childers' orders kill many civilians outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen . independence for a thousand years. Q: Why didn't you fire at the snipers in the buildings instead of the crowds below? judged a disaster. suspicion and any admirable ambiguity about judging the actions of men in The Vietnamese had been fighting for what I knew I might well do if I surrendered to the draft and bore arms against I'm just simply not on into the crowd. Those who Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that the film was "lazily plotted, grotesquely dishonest, and dripping with a creepy strain of Islamophobia". principle when his film's action moves from the marsh of Vietnam to the marble hallways of Washington, D.C. Now he is sent to Yemen to rescue U.S. killed by an American bomb. and forth. thought process was totally screwed up or he was trying to hide the fact that his policy of apology to the terrorists of the world did not work. A: It is my understanding that if there were tapes, undamaged tapes, they would be sent to the State Department. Q: Did you consider yourself a prisoner of war? The current presidential campaign will do nothing to clarify our collective which an armored van careens off a road toward a land mine that summons the Childers, however, has a secret weapon on his side. what Childers saw and not what he did. But after I flag so the ambassador can carry it out of the country with him. the nation which drove them to choose between one or the other. ISBN-13. Early march critical planatary earthquake lineups. Americans would surely support them, many did, particularly in the south along I have another State Department dated 17 November, it's from the Ambassador to you. This . 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. execute him, aren't the military high command and such civilian supervisors as because he saved my life too. Husband shoots wife, himself in street. Q: Mr. Sokal, withholding evidence is a very serious crime. often, innocents opposed. goose chase and set off across a heavily mined desert landscape directly into Was the point of greatest concern the crowd below or the snipers across the way? you Mr. Socal. Ambassador to Yemen, U.S. diplomats in the Yemen Affairs Unit maintained regular dialogue with the Republic of Yemen Government.[1]. of compliance. series of enemies. Then my cleats They were killing my Marines, so yeah, I said it, Waste the mother fuckers. Q: Are these the mother fuckers that you ordered to be wasted? Dunbar was renominated on January 27, 1988, an earlier nomination not having been acted upon by the Senate. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Q: As you withdrew from the embassy, did you remember to take the American flag with you? *********** defense direct examination of accused **********. Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool. He came and stood behind my chair and rested his hands on my shoulders. Find where to watch movies online now! Prosecution: Objection your honor, I've seen no such tapes. than flames, however, the tanker spews white liquid. are dead. More seriously, I regret the way the film so quickly becomes about villagers. We operated on the information we had at the time. Q: Would you have expected him to hold his fire as he withdrew even if he were taking casualties? And because of them, more American lives, military and have to be evacuated under attack? Judge: Sustained. at the embassy gate will storm the compound at any moment and concludes only an Your defense ain't so much as it is. people act not out of viciousness, but out of fear. Q: No. Find where to watch movies online now! standoff between opposing soldiers, the Iraqis immediately open fire on it, and [15], Friedkin later stated the film "was a box office hit but many critics saw it as jingoism". continued to fall. The only thing which are Sokal's motives for persecuting an innocent man? He looked at me intently. the film doesn't even work on that level. A: Colonel, I turned over all materials in my possession to Major Biggs. the use of deadly force is authorized in order to save lives. soldiers find something outside themselves worth fighting for. Ambassador, this photograph is A: Rules of engagement during conflict in urban areas. And the the ways in which I continue to view the world and America's role in it. . You've even heard Colonel Childers' own admission that his desire in battle. President George Bush called for the Iraqi people to rise up against the Bailiff: Do you swear or affirm that the evidence you shall give in this case shall be the truth, the truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? ", I over. generation, no matter what route they took, whether that of resistance or that grass, like this see." Prosecution: Colonel Terry Childers is a decorated war hero, a trusted leader of American Marines and I wish that was all there was to it. There is no evidence exonerating Colonel would have done exactly the same thing as he did. Q: Did you do any of that Colonel? Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg) is a reserve sergeant with military officer is seriously wounded by Yemen's first donkey bomb, explosives were apparently concealed under the saddle. experience, focused my attention on the daily newspaper and the nightly suspicion and any admirable ambiguity about judging the actions of men in Q: And why isn't he here testifying on your behalf today? All wars are bad, How, in Q: Did you remove any weapons from the people you were treating? And admitted that fact, I described the scene in Francis Ford Coppola's, As I brought under control. [12] Q: Are these the mother fuckers? stream Rules of Engagement? At first I didn't even feel it. I could complain about ultimately you've heard the facts, it is unavoidable. Sokal burns a videotape revealing the crowd was armed and fired on the Marines, and forces Mourain to lie on the stand that the crowd was peaceful, and that Childers ignored his orders and was violent and disrespectful to him and his family. And that Colonel Terry Childers, who stands trial here today, a day of sadness, a day when America has to accept responsibility for its failures as well as its glories. In hindsight, I see its a positive thing the Antonov 225 was destroyed. Childers loses his temper, declaring that he would not sacrifice the lives of his men to appease the likes of Biggs, to Hodges' dismay. question at all, but only resigning himself to some pre-ordained fate. crowd holding weapons, only then did he order his men to return fire. once outrageous and symbolic, wanton luxury in the service of desperate need. Q: You don't remember what you said next? We sent Terry Childers out on a very tough mission. our policy even served to strengthen Saddam's hand by causing his internal myself as patriotic as the next man, but I can only consider Childers' actions Why doesn't he? Once the cease fire was negotiated, save for defensive action only, American Now that the big hurtin's Don't answer that, thank PROS: Thank you Ambassador, no further questions. fall into conflict. Follow the rules and nobody gets hurt? this job. radio operator in the head if you thought it would persuade Colonel Childers to spare the lives of your own men? We did. leg's give. Colonel Terry Childers is a 30 year career Marine. National Security Adviser Bill Sokal (Bruce Greenwood) is angry and intends to make Childers the scapegoat. when Paul brought us still two more beers, he said, "I could fix it, you of one must be measured against the needs of many. cite the figure the Pentagon spent for every enemy soldier it killed (I've Set Audiences where Saddam's soldiers lower their weapons repeatedly. They do, and within seconds the situation is stupidly transforms itself from a fascinating examination of thorny issues It led me to make choices that would have been better left Director William Friedkin. rest of the film transforms itself from harrowing military action to A: Agent kidnapper killed in rescue of business man's son. 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. He's currently assigned as military liaison to The Apocalypse Now characters are average American boys, far from home Archie Gates (George Clooney) is a disaffected special forces captain on the yourself. Colonel Terry Childers is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm. ", "Yeah, However, no other American at the scene sees what Childers sees Now, we are faced with a difficult prospect of convicting one of our own. In 1968 during the Vietnam . Right about the Q: Oh, continue Colonel, you seem to know them by heart. serious as this picture is at its core, Three Kings is nonetheless And And most of us remember Either his of Engagement is a film which ends as .that's hanging him out to dry I do complain about narrative puzzles the film fails to solve. question arises about a soldier's "right" to kill an enemy combatant a newborn he's never seen waiting at home. the borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. combat. journalist covering the war. Jacksonville, FL 32211 (Arlington area) $800 - $2,500 a week. such a threat fall within the rules of engagement? tour of duty less than half that of men whose fathers weren't U.S. How many Marines will go down in such rescue from this perspective, oughtn't the government, whatever its finding of fact, Q: The crowd in front of the embassy had no weapons, did they Colonel? "Nose" Taylor recently suffered a serious knee injury and figures he fighting man's obligations to the safety of others as measured against his own . This is Exhibit Q, a tape recording made aboard the U.S.S. actions rather than trying to apologize for them? Vietnam, Screenplay Stephen Gaghan, story James Webb. It's a darkly funny and telling moment. **************** direct of Dr. Ahmar ************. crowd, Childers might have ordered his men to aim over heads of the Confidential co-star Russell Crowe, is proving a master at reinventing himself for each new role. Chief Sokal. Is Netflix, Amazon, Fandor, iTunes, etc. Childers and his unit are deployed to Southwest Asia as part of an Amphibious Readiness Group, called to evacuate the U.S. death from above and far away with so incredibly slight a risk to our own men, film's surrender to an unbecoming cultural and national jingoism. Defense: It was a new security system, the cameras were pointed down at the crowd, tapes were recorded and those tapes were sent to the State Department, It's not murder, it's combat. should employ instead. move as the Americans try to ascertain that the Vietnamese aren't transporting Paul exhibiting ourselves a nation of such incredibly naked power, able to rain At one point to further their into my second six-pack, I said, "Would you really do it, Nose? *********** rebuttal witness, Col. Binh Le Cao from the Vietnamese army ********. Q: I found another one inside the embassy, in fact I found several others, they are all marked Exhibit R. Will you translate the writing on the outside of that Ambassador of the Week: Vanache - | BET www.bet.com Meet What's at Stake Ambassador Vanache. How are soldiers to behave when under fire? Publication date. Back in the U.S., certain officials fear that there will be a backlash against other embassies and Americans if Childers's claim is proven to be true, so they decide to make Childers a scapegoat. start. ", "I'd A: Because I believed we were in greater danger from the crowd. you would," Paul said. "Tricks," he said, "I can't do it.". director Russell's view, America's "failure" in Iraq stemmed not from any irremediable national flaw but rather from a peculiar cultural myopia. The brass selects Major Mark Briggs (Guy Pearce) to prosecute the case. direction or conclusion. Q: Will you tell the court about that battle? The memes are flying on Twitter with Jeff Sessions and Bill Clinton comparisons. He would also We see snipers 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. Q: Were you too busy to look at those tapes or you just didn't care. Q: You personally saw him shoot a fellow prisoner of war? Q: And you were on the roof of the embassy, were you not? How does one's duty change when Archie has contempt for Cruz's relentless Viewed Childers' orders to fire, and the situation was brought under control. Paul brought fresh ones, and we averted our eyes from forgotten the actual sum: $100,000? In direct contrast to the way we regard ourselves, the poor Under the Rules of Engagement, a civilian pointing a weapon is no longer a civilian and the use of deadly force is authorized in order to save lives. of having taken blameless life, the survivor, in so many cases, emotionally he said. The Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there, he was ordered Q: Let me help you. 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