Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Back from iraq?

I saw a movie the other night that has had my wheels turning. In the Valley of Elah, Tommy Lee Jones plays an ex-miltitary police officer who has lost one son in the first gulf war and his youngest son has gone missing just a few weeks after returning from the current war in Iraq. The direction of the plot is predictable, however the film is more a commentary on Post Traumatic Stress disorder, an illness that a lot of our young soldiers are returning from war zones with. You feel Jones' character change from a proud Army dad to a dejected soul who seems to have changed his views on what war is and what it does to our brave young men. Your heart goes out to these soldiers and the psychological ailments they endure in Iraq and you hope that there is enough being done to help them upon return. But somehow especially after the Walter Reed incident it seems doubtful

Update: 82,700 troops have returned seriously wounded, amputees or mentaly ill

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