Strange how the left hates Seals

From the first review in the OP
But it is worth considering that movies like Lone Survivor do begin to resemble multi-million dollar recruitment videos—tools of military indoctrination geared toward the young and the impressionable. Films like this contribute to subtle shifts in public perception, helping to legitimize feelings of xenophobia and American exceptionalism. It’s no accident that Lone Survivor ignores the question of whether the SEAL team’s mission was justified or worthwhile, just as it ignores, even more broadly, the merit of the war in Afghanistan to begin with. Not asking is its own kind of answer. It tells us to focus elsewhere: on the heroism of these men, on the bravery of their actions. The moral issues are for another day.
That's not hating the SEALs, he mentions their heroism and the bravery of their actions.

He's pointing out there is no context for them even being there.
But, if you read the rest of the article you'll see that the real point of it is that war movies are almost all pro-war simply by requiring heroes and bad guys but also
...it's important to remember that despite their moralizing, war films are still essentially action films—blockbuster spectacles embellished by the verve and vigor of cutting-edge special effects. They may not strictly glorify. But they almost never discourage.

All war films have heroes, for understandable reasons: to give audiences someone to root for, and because soldiers often really are heroic. But when a film like Lone Survivor transforms its Navy SEALs into infallible supermen tragically bested, it suggests that these men are role models only in death—that it was war that made them noble and heroic. The carnage and difficulties only underline the message. War isn’t great; war makes you great. What is such a sentiment if not pro-war?
It's a treatise on war movies in general, not this movie in particular.
Nor is it about SEALs in particular.
 
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The left...especially President Obama have used SEALs to kill terrorists such as Osama bin Laden

It is conservative,s who do not appreciate the talents of our finest commandos
 
The left...especially President Obama have used SEALs to kill terrorists such as Osama bin Laden

It is conservative,s who do not appreciate the talents of our finest commandos

Then your hero Obama leaked info about them and caused their deaths. ... fuck you

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The left...especially President Obama have used SEALs to kill terrorists such as Osama bin Laden

It is conservative,s who do not appreciate the talents of our finest commandos





And yet the SOCOM community despises the left and loves the right. Why is that? Perhaps because what you say is untrue?
 

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