Sunday, January 12, 2014

Bad Guy Version Of G.I. Joe

The mission was not successful.  Tiger crashed his helicopter into the mountains of Medellin and lost his life.  At least people actually grieved over his passing.  The "Brits" truly cared and admired him.  They valued his courage along other things.  The colombians also looked up to Tiger.  He would be the one to make jokes, even if they were in possibly the worst situation ever.

The whole description of the unsuccessful mission reminded me of the film G.I. Joe.  It specifically reminded me of the scene in Paris where they mess up and the evil people escape.  The Joes in the movie, just like the people in the cartel, don't give up.  They plan ahead and fix the flaws in their strategies.  Anyone could admire the "Joes" or the people in the cartel for their determination and courage.  It's too bad that the cartel is actually made up of criminals.

Jorge would strongly disagree with that idea.  He expresses the idea of the godfathers being the criminals, not their security detail.  He specifically says that he is "not a criminal".  He does not "live the life the cartel bosses do" (locations 679-85).  He protects them but has nothing to do with the drugs. What Jorge does not realize is that by protecting the godfathers of the Cali Cartel, he is protecting all of the drugs that they sell.  Therefore, he truly is a criminal who will have to suffer the consequences.  EVERYONE in the Cali Cartel truly are the bad guys.  That organization is the bad guy version of G.I. Joe.

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