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With the release of "The Ignorance of Muslims," an American film suspected of denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, on the evening of September 11, 2012, a massive anti-American demonstration took place outside the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The embassy was then attacked by heavy fire from militants. Until 2 a.m. on the 12th, Libyan security forces arrived to control the situation, and the attack lasted for a total of 4 hours.
The incident led to the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Stevens, the first time since 1979 that a U.S. ambassador abroad had died in an armed attack.
13 Hours of Crisis: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is a film based on this historical event. But the film is not about how the ambassador died, but about how soldiers in six security teams faced the militants and died.
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The film is directed by Michael Bay, who specializes in big scenes and explosives.
Fortunately, this "violent" director did not "explode" to the end from the beginning, there was family affection, reflection, and a little feeling.
The whole film is basically interspersed with the big panorama, the panoramic view of Benghazi and the night commandos advancing in the enemy and us, complementing each other, highlighting a theme: seeing is a calm world, in fact, the undercurrent is surging!
The six members of the film are former SEALs, former Rangers and other former special forces veterans. They were employed by the CIA to provide security at a secret stronghold in Benghazi.
Strictly speaking, they are not militants, but people with families and children. Why go? Will anyone who goes take off their wedding rings? For the sake of life, for the sake of the family to live better, because this security time is not long, and the salary is high.
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When the U.S. Embassy, which was only a mile from their stronghold, was attacked by dozens of militants and set on fire, the six soldiers decided to go to the rescue of the ambassador and embassy staff, and the bureaucrats and suspected bad guys who are often seen in American films appeared as the head of the CIA's Benghazi intelligence station.
The webmaster inherited the usual style of the American bureaucracy. He clearly warned the six soldiers that they were not full CIA staff, just hired personnel! They have no right to act in Syria! If they go, then the employment contract is invalid and they will not get the money!
In fact, this kind of other person is going to be beaten to death, and he is still talking to you about rules and principles, and the bureaucracy is everywhere in the world. However, the six soldiers eventually abandoned their contracts and money, groped forward in the dark night, faced with a dangerous situation in which the enemy and the enemy were difficult to distinguish, step by step, rushed into the US embassy, and found that the ambassador and many staff members had been killed. At the same time, they realized that the embassy attack was not an accident, and that the next target was the CIA stronghold.
Therefore, they drove through the layers of militants' checkpoints and encirclements, returned to the stronghold, and immediately arranged a defense. It can be seen that the military quality and tactical quality of the US military are not generally strong.
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Not surprisingly, the militants' target was the stronghold they were guarding! Without any external assistance, no reinforcements and no air support, nearly 100 militants persisted until dawn! Unfortunately, their captain was killed.
It was dawn.
Bodies were strewn across the area outside the stronghold, and many of the militant mothers and children came to their relatives and cried incessantly. The remaining American soldiers on this side carried the bodies of the ambassador and his comrades to the airport and repatriated them.
Where is the winner of the war!
One of the last soldiers to join the security group dialed his wife's phone and choked up and said, "I'm home and I'll never leave again."
Only by experiencing life and death can people feel the difficulty of life.
Only by experiencing life and death can people cherish love, family affection and friendship more!
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Ideology aside.
The behavior of these six soldiers is a good young man full of positive energy in any country.
The government's decisions must be made by them. The mistakes of the state must also be borne by them.
They're just for the average group of American youth to live!
Face the desperate situation, live to death! How many people can do it?
Liu Zhumin is a veteran media person. Commentator on current affairs.
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