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Platoon Politics Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Platoon.

Quote #7

TAYLOR: I say we frag that f***er tonight.

Taylor utters these words shortly after Elias' death, and they reflect a big part of Vietnam War military politics, and the plot of the film. "Fragging," or the killing of a fellow soldier, was the war's counterpart to political assassinations, and guys like Barnes and Taylor are willing to eliminate their friends-turned-enemies to achieve their political ends.