• Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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    22 hours ago

    david Attenborough narration, about hour the military commandos are entering a trap. and offhand question why are there US military troops in a central American jungle?

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      21 hours ago

      You must be young?

      So… I’m no history major but as I recall, Nicaragua had a socialist government called the FMLN… Reagan hated socialism and hired Oliver North to arm and train El Salvadoran troops… it’s wasn’t very secret. We had military boots on the ground. Even now I believe that we have a base in Panama to train soldiers… it’s connected to West Point somehow.

      But yeah, if shit’s going on places, we’re there.

      I do not know how Predator explained our soldiers down there but it didn’t have to.

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        19 hours ago

        the question was sort of rethorical. the movie takes place in Guatemala

        Let’s face it, they were sent there to protect the cocaine deliveries to the States