Anyone see the movie The Siege?

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-03-17 01:22pm

Freakin scary movie! Hardest movie to sit through as you watch terrorist after terrorist attack, and how the US army deals with it.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-03-17 01:23pm

Yeah, I saw it. I thought it was OK.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-03-17 01:32pm

Was amazed when the USA Network aired it like a few months after 9/11. Maybe they were suggesting something? Anyways, a good movie, shame we couldn't do that in real life.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-03-17 01:34pm

Aya wrote:Was amazed when the USA Network aired it like a few months after 9/11. Maybe they were suggesting something? Anyways, a good movie, shame we couldn't do that in real life.

Declare Martial Law and move in the army? It's been done before.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-03-17 01:52pm

When? That is actually unconstitutional.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-03-17 01:58pm

Aya wrote:When? That is actually unconstitutional.

Draft riots in New York during the Civil War, they suspended habeus corpus back then and actually shot the rioters to kingdom come. And National Guards were called in during the LA riots to protect the rich neighborhoods.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-17 02:22pm

The National Guard is not the same as the US Army when it comes to this. Legally they can be called by a state governor to aid local police forces. This happens quite a lot. The US Army cannot intervene. Though after natural disasters troops have been sent for relief efforts.

However Federal troops where employed to suppress rioting in Baltimore, New York and I believe Philadelphia during the American Civil War. Lincoln got a lot of heat for it, but there wasn't much of an alternative.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-03-17 02:36pm

Aya wrote:Was amazed when the USA Network aired it like a few months after 9/11. Maybe they were suggesting something? Anyways, a good movie, shame we couldn't do that in real life.

The way GWB is acting recently i would`nt be surprised if he actualy do this

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Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-03-17 03:41pm

Trytostaydead wrote:
Aya wrote:When? That is actually unconstitutional.
Draft riots in New York during the Civil War, they suspended habeus corpus back then and actually shot the rioters to kingdom come. And National Guards were called in during the LA riots to protect the rich neighborhoods.

Gangs of New York covers this pretty well.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-03-17 06:43pm

I thought it was a great movie, they played it here as soon after 9/11 as they could. I liked that the American villain had a French name.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-17 06:53pm

Montcalm wrote:
Aya wrote:Was amazed when the USA Network aired it like a few months after 9/11. Maybe they were suggesting something? Anyways, a good movie, shame we couldn't do that in real life.
The way GWB is acting recently i would`nt be surprised if he actualy do this
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I see no difference.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-03-17 07:06pm

What amuses me is an old review of it...

"Or perhaps this movie is just getting the world used to the sight of tanks on the Brooklyn bridge..."

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-17 07:20pm

weemadando wrote:What amuses me is an old review of it...

"Or perhaps this movie is just getting the world used to the sight of tanks on the Brooklyn bridge..."

I only recall LAV-25's, which of course are not used by the US Army, let alone its armor less Light Divisions.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-03-17 07:24pm

I think some movie looked prophetic,in 1984 the movie Best defense with Dudley Moore and Eddy Murphy there is the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq and a few years after it happened,so the event in The siege might happens