i have a great deal of respect for mark burnett. and none of this is career enhancing. >> we appreciate your honesty, mike. >> let the chips fall where they may. you were always that type of guy. >> that's right. desmond tutu, i know a lot of viewers -- i have been getting a lot of tweets from viewers asking about desmond tutu and who he might be. he was born in 1931. he obviously is a south african activist. he fought uh par tied during the 1980s. he was the first black archbishop in south africa. he did a lot before he won his nobel peace prize in 1984. let that be a lesson to those who may not have. he apparently and other nobel peace prize winners find it appalling. somebody raised the question and i don't remember who? can you glorify the military without glorifying the war? >> sherrod. >> what is the answer to that question? >> you can glorify the military without glorifying the war. you can glorify the great things they do in terms of self-defense and protecting us. it is not about violence. it is about protecting the country

executive producer mark burnett explains why. >> "stars on stripes" is an epic new show.t's about honoring our veterans. >> stephen: you hear, that iraq veterans? it's about honoring you. we can't do a parade just yet but we've got the guy from 98 degrees throw again grades with t.v.'s "superman." this is a 100% authentic war experience. >> we go on real missions. we receive real training. we go with real live fire. >> i am so looking forward to taking on a real mission with real weapons and real ammunition. >> stephen: yes, this is real. (laughter) real missions and real ammunition. and real jetskis zipping in at the first sign of trouble. (laughter) in fact, this is better than real. because this is war as we imagine it! none of that setting up a checkpoint and local neighborhoods trying to suss out centuries old tribal conflicts or engaging in outreach with local religious leaders to affect a stable political environment. it's just blowing (bleep) up! even things that really don't blow up, like plywood and plywood boxes. (laughter) my one criticism here? when they dism

leadership with the people doing real yards to mark burnett. there's no going back no prayer. this is a star's monday after the unit. that's being sold as a way to honor our troops but many don't see it that way including a list of nine nobel peace prize winners that say the show is trying to portray war as amusing and entertaining they go as far as to call it war propaganda and they wrote a letter to the chairman of n.b.c. calling for the show's cancellation here's a quote states as people who have seen too many faces of armed conflict and violence and who have worked for decades to try to stop the seemingly unending march toward the increased military as ation of societies and the decent citizen of people to the realities and consequences of war we had our voices and our support of those protesting stars earn stripes we need to call upon n.b.c. to stop airing this program that pays homage to no one and is a massive disservice to those who live and die in the armed conflict and suffer its consequences long before the guns of war fall silent while the help is a help us discuss

. >> mark burnett is a former british army soldier himself.nk the last thing he would want to do is do anything undignified. >> of course. and all the operatives in the show are military and they wouldn't have done the show if it was going to paint them in a bad light and i know people in the military now and they love the show. we're highlighting these people and what they do. we're not shooting people and we're shooting targets. when we say training, it's not like we're training to go fight. >> let's watch a clip. >> once i came out of the water, i was like, where am i? it was such a shock because everything you have on feels like water. i felt like a heavy rock that was sinking down to the bottom and i had a moment of fear. >> so what was harder, "dancing with the stars", that or getting in a ring pounding on somebody trying to beat you up. >> well, you make this sound so -- >> real? >> they're all different and they're equally as hard. obviously boxing is something that i did as a profession and i take very seriously and i spent a lot of y

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