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Why not have included Obama honoring them in the movie?

posted 6 years ago by Midwood101 (17)
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I thought the movie was great! And I loved Hollande's speech at the end. But since those are three Americans who served in American armies I felt it would have been pretty significant to see them being honored by the American President as well.

I mean... in real life they were: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000003919417/obama-honors-heroes-from-paris-train.html

Any thoughts on why this wasn't included?

[–] gcarras (2728) 6 years ago

Eastwood himself is a conservative, so he wouldn't have depicted Obama honoring the heroes (I have some doubts about Obama myself..didn't even vote for him anyhow)

[–] Midwood101 (17) 6 years ago

I thought about that too. But France's François Hollande is a very liberal Socialist. Why is he fair game but Obama is not?

[–] FredBurroughs (19858) 6 years ago

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