Questions about "Rules of Engagement"

[Wildest Bill]

First was the movie based on a true story?

Second, I didn't understand the part about what Samual Jackson was imagining happening at the embassy that day when he was watching the flag being raised at the military base?

Was the prosecuting attorney a jerk or what? I liked him at the first of the movie. But after he lost he wanted to go after Samual Jackson for something he did 30 years ago(you know shooting the radio operator in the head to get the Vietnam officer to call off the dogs)? Doesn't the statute(sp) of limitations apply to the marines in combat too?

[Wildest Bill]

I am sorry I didn't make my point clear on question #2. Did in fact some of the women and children have guns or was he just imagining that?

[scratch1300]

Not a true story. At least, nothing like that happened in Yemen. There were armed women and children in the story; that's why the videotape would have exonerated Jackson's character.

[Whack-a-Mole]

Doesn't the statute(sp) of limitations apply to the marines in combat too?

I did not see the movie but there is no statute of limitations on murder. You can be busted 50 years after the fact if that's how long it takes. Being in the military has nothing to do with it (except perhaps to decide who gets jurisdiction to prosecute the case...on this point I have no idea what would happen).