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"Rules of Engagement": Choosing Priorities

Rules of Engagement is a movie exploring the conflict surrounding a fictional military tragedy. Marine colonel Terry Childers, portrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson, leads a team to rescue U.S. Ambassador Mourain, his wife, and their young son from the American Embassy in Yemen, where protesters have become hostile.

Colonel Childers successfully removes the ambassador and his family, but when gunfire erupts and Childers believes the protesters are firing on his men, he ...