Ash writes: "Like it or not, we are on a mission to save Private Clinton. Succeed we must."
Tom Hanks playing Captain Miller in the movie, Saving Private Ryan. (image: Saving Private Ryan)
Saving Private Clinton
07 November 16
teven Spielberg, in his epic World War II saga Saving Private Ryan, painted a stark portrait of men under fire, raw human drama, tragedy, and a reaffirmation of life amid the hell-on-earth that enveloped mankind in the mid-20th century.
The plot revolves around Army Private James Ryan, one of four brothers serving in the war. All of Ryan’s siblings have been killed in action. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, played by Harve Presnell, orders that Ryan be located somewhere in the sprawling war-torn region and kept from harm, so that his mother might have one son left alive.
In texturizing his characters, Spielberg explores the emotional conflicts that the mission lays bare. Not all the men under Tom Hanks’ character Captain Miller are thrilled with the idea of being behind Nazi lines to save one man.
Private Reiben, played by Edward Burns, sums it up in this line from the movie: “You wanna explain the math of this to me? I mean, where’s the sense of riskin’ the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?” In fact by story’s end, most, including Miller, would be dead. Ryan however would indeed be saved.
Not everyone on America’s left is thrilled with saving Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. Some of the troops are in fact in open rebellion. Clinton seeks not the role of a mere private but rather that of Commander in Chief. Nonetheless, if she is to assume that role rather than Donald J. Trump, then she and her candidacy must now be saved, in significant measure by her critics on the left who still have deep doubts.
The alternative is risking a repeat of the Bush years, this time with someone perhaps even more reckless at the helm. While Clinton appears to have her own fascination with militarism, she is by orders of magnitude better prepared, more stable, and better disciplined.
Like it or not, we are on a mission to save Private Clinton. Succeed we must.
Marc Ash is the founder and former Executive Director of Truthout, and is now founder and Editor of Reader Supported News.
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