> > what/who are /is "Wild Geese"? there were a few (at least two) films by that name, http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=geese, with quite a cast, this one, for example http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078492/
Your typical film about former 'Western' (normally British/ American) soldiers / veterans/ mercenaries who take on a whole country - normally a banana republic - and emerge victorious. I was 15 at the time, as a refugee from Angola, so it was gratifying to see 'an African country' lose to this band of misfits. And that's the whole point about how Hollywood shapes or has the capacity to shape opinions. It is this kind of 'heroism' that made many people beieve that Americans would save Africa from Communism and today those same people believe Americans will save the world from Muslim terrorists. The sad part is that I am talking about people who are in a position to be informed - they are educated, have internet and television and yet they blindly cheer at news of an imminent attack on Iran. There is even already a PowerPoint about what beautiful Teheran (I didn't know it was such a stunning city) will look like after an American strike, heroic no doubt. Rui
