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Was Barnes really a 'bad person'?

posted 12 years ago by sonofbeach-sheet
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I think he just felt like he needed to do to accomplish the mission, or whatever other cliche there was.

Remember when the two guys are blown up in the bunker by a booby trap. He's sitting there looking sad and reflecting and Sheen catches him doing so. He offers the LT to play a game of cards with them. And I would have been pissed if the commanding officer gave wrong coordinates getting 2 men killed and 2 wounded.

[–] Ranb (9791) 3 years ago

Yes, Barnes was very bad. He murdered woman who had harsh words for him. Then he murdered Elias to keep him from testifying against him about it.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 3 years ago

Me personally I think he was but the thing is there is little morality in war. Barnes wanted to win the war and keep his men alive and since war is evil he had to become evil to do so.