Hollywood immortalizes U.S. disaster in Afghanistan

Hollywood has immortalized for post-Christmas release one of the deadliest incidents of the Afghan war: a Navy SEAL operation targeting an Islamist fighter that left 19 American soldiers dead.

“Lone Survivor,” starring Mark Wahlberg and portraying one of the worst military disasters of the 12-year war, is based on a book written by the only Navy SEAL commando to survive the raid.