![]() ![]() Sometimes, when I turn on the TV these days, the sense of seeing once again places in Iraq I’d been overwhelms me. After all, less than three years ago, when dad finally came home with his head “ held high,” President Obama assured Americans that “we’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq.” So what happened in the blink of an eye? A young soldier now deployed as one of the 1,600 non-boots-on-the-ground there might have been eight years old when the 2003 invasion took place. As someone who cares deeply about this country, I find it beyond belief that Washington has again plunged into the swamp of the Sunni-Shia mess in Iraq. I even thought about telling you how, in 2011, I contacted a noted author to blurb my book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, and he presciently declined, saying sardonically, “So you’re gonna be the one to write the last book on failure in Iraq?” You know, a d éjà-vu-all-over-again kinda thing. You join a crew of “rock and rollers with one foot in their grave”. It’s like Fallout: New Vegas on acid in the middle of the Vietnam War.I wanted to offer a wry chuckle before we headed into the heavy stuff about Iraq, so I tried to start this article with a suitably ironic formulation. ![]() You will explore the jungles and rivers of Vietnam in first person perspective. They’re offering all sorts of cool rewards for backers. If you like what you read, head over to the Kickstarter page to contribute. ![]() See below for more on what you can expect in the “Apocalypse Now” video game. The Kickstarter page describes the game as a “first-person perspective survival and horror game with strong roleplaying elements.” Players will rely on “tactical decision making” with “some outcomes determined by Player skill and some by Character skill.” ![]() RELATED STORY: The Top 20 American War Movies of All Time.Ever wanted to be Captain Willard? Here’s your chance. Erebus LLC, a company made up of some of the people responsible for games like “Fallout: New Vegas,” “Wasteland 2,” and “Far Cry,” has launched a Kickstarter campaign for an authorized video game version of Coppola’s classic film. For the rest of you, we have an interesting bit of news. Ok, fine, here’s a quick description: it’s an epic Vietnam War movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola. You’re all familiar with “Apocalypse Now,” or at least, you better be. ![]()
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