Last night my husband and I attended the Moveon.org sponsored viewing of "The Ground Truth." It's a documentary about the soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghan wars. It was a roomful of people who are involved in Democracy for America and/or Moveon.org.
The documentary is powerful. If you haven't seen it, it's available through regular movie outlets. (Barnes and Noble is blue.) The movie takes you through the making of a soldier, to the war action, and finally readjusting to home (when you get home). It's eloquent and mind-numbing at the same time. These are personal stories woven in with actual news footage. It's an hour and 18 minutes.
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