I served during the Viet Nam war. Three years active duty, three years in the reserve. For years after there was anxiety about being recalled. But as I said above, thats not the story that badly needs telling. Since WWII the U. S. has lost nearly 90,000 soldiers, killed. Plus roughly 320,000 wounded, many with lost limbs, spinal injuries, lost eyes etc.
President Eisenhower, before leaving office warned of the growing influence of the vast military industrial complex. The industies in the U. S., that profit from the sale of arms. They are so deeply entrenched in Washington, its naive to think they don't have some degree of control over the conflicts we enter, and when we leave.
The current mess in the Ukraine, some believe was egged on by talk of the Ukraine entering nato, that we in essence forced Russia to act. To date the U. S. has given the Ukraine roughly 6.8 billion dollars in weapons. Just like mandatory boosters gave pfizer well over 5 billion in profit. Anyone wonder we didn't retrieve the billions of weapons left in afghanistan? Simple, it would have cut into the sales of our armorers.
As a disabled veteran, who also spent time working in a V. A. hospital during my medical residency, I have seen young men burned, beyond recognition as human, torn to pieces, for a variety of "conflicts" that in retrospect were pointless. The how and why of the decision making, that leads us into these situations, IS THE MOVIE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.
This movie was interesting, exploring one soldiers, internal wrestling, when he is ordered back into battle. Interesting, but in all honesty shallow, simplistic and pretty easy to predict where it was going. Caricature-ish.
Please, please, please someone tell the story that needs to be told. The thousands of lives saved might be someone you love.
President Eisenhower, before leaving office warned of the growing influence of the vast military industrial complex. The industies in the U. S., that profit from the sale of arms. They are so deeply entrenched in Washington, its naive to think they don't have some degree of control over the conflicts we enter, and when we leave.
The current mess in the Ukraine, some believe was egged on by talk of the Ukraine entering nato, that we in essence forced Russia to act. To date the U. S. has given the Ukraine roughly 6.8 billion dollars in weapons. Just like mandatory boosters gave pfizer well over 5 billion in profit. Anyone wonder we didn't retrieve the billions of weapons left in afghanistan? Simple, it would have cut into the sales of our armorers.
As a disabled veteran, who also spent time working in a V. A. hospital during my medical residency, I have seen young men burned, beyond recognition as human, torn to pieces, for a variety of "conflicts" that in retrospect were pointless. The how and why of the decision making, that leads us into these situations, IS THE MOVIE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.
This movie was interesting, exploring one soldiers, internal wrestling, when he is ordered back into battle. Interesting, but in all honesty shallow, simplistic and pretty easy to predict where it was going. Caricature-ish.
Please, please, please someone tell the story that needs to be told. The thousands of lives saved might be someone you love.