David Tarrell said on March 30, 2008  

Thank you for your past service to our country. However, back when you were in uniform, Dick Cheney described the prospect of continuing on from Kuwait to Baghdad as "a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq," going on to say that if you did that "you could end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off," which sounds like a pretty accurate prediction.

In other words, isn't the current situation much different than the one these soldiers are facing today? I have sympathy for these soldiers who might be hesitant to return for a third tour of a country even Cheney described as a "quagmire," and think of Vonnegut's description of today's soldiers being treated, he said "as I never was, as toys a rich kid got for Christmas."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/21/wcheney121.xml

 Anonymous said on March 31, 2008  

Yeah, these guys are a little confused when they complain of the US not honoring the "contract." Everyone who signs up knows about the potential for stop loss.

As for pro-war movies, don't forget "We Were Soldiers," an excellent movie and even more excellent book which sets the story straight about the military success we attained in Vietnam.

Of course, just as in that war, the media and Hollywood are bound and determined to see the defeat of our fighting men, and portray them as snivelling, narcissistic, amoral criminals.

 Thomas said on March 31, 2008  

This movie is from MTV Films. What did you expect to see? I don't think you or I are the target audience for this movie.
I wanted to address your statement about about how Hollywood has no credibility to push these movies. I can't think of anything about this war that is credible at this point. In my opinion the biggest story of this war is and has been the untruths associated with this military action. Maybe Pat Tilman's story would have done a better job at the box office. The next biggest story would probably be about the incompetence associated with the war planning.

One more thing. Regarding the post by anonymous about how Hollywood would like to see our fighting men and women defeated. I don't believe for one second that any American citizen want to see our military or government defeated. I hear this statement made by many people but I have yet to find one that WANTS to see anything resembling what you offered in your comments.