I haven’t been to Iraq but I’m thoughtful enough to do my research before bombarding people with idiotic remarks about a lack of authenticity or quality in a show that clearly represents the war more realistically than any other. It’s laughable to say “the camera lingers too long on the bodies” among other such criticisms. Yeah, perhaps instead of showing the bodies, they should replace them all with roses, and instead of marines swearing, the show could feature a bunch of leprechauns dancing around pots of gold. What, exactly, did people expect? Hell, you don’t even have to be a Marine to get that this is the sort of humor you find with a bunch of males in a room together. My brother and his friends come back from college and it’s all dead baby jokes and dipping balls in each other’s mouths. That’s not just marines, it’s human nature. I guess some people are living such sheltered lives that they think raunchiness doesn’t exist, or that it should be toned down in order to ease people into something. I didn’t have any problem picking up on which characters were interesting or getting a feel for their personalities, the show flows smoothly, and despite not understanding all the jargon, there is enough exposition to keep track of exactly what’s going on. The kind of people who critique this show for having a liberal bias are the kind who bend the reality of the current political climate to fit their own prejudices and to rationalize governmental failure because they just can’t man up and admit they made the wrong choices and supported the wrong people.
