![I mean, it [Southern Comfort] is basically a story about the folly of our misadventure into that war, done in the context of these National Guard weekend warriors who wander into a world about which they know nothing and then wind up wreaking havoc on themselves.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-mean-it-southern-comfort-is-basically-a-story-about-the-folly-of-our-misadve.jpg)
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