No more blood for oil

This is actually a good movie is you look at it as a metaphor. Yes, SciFi movies can be really bad. How many of us watch them anyway? But this movie, when viewed a little more abstractly, centers on The American Family As Collateral Damage due to our unending war for oil. [some of] Our Vets come back damaged and that damage affects their families. If you look at stats, there IS a rise in abusive behavior, both to self and their families. The war stays in the heads of our young folks who fight without being able to tell the true enemy from the people who need help from an abusive political regime. The term 'abusive' applies to the Middle East AND America. On one of the message boards, someone described Bush as "clinically insane". I'd love to see a psych report on the man.

I have a degree in Psych and am the daughter of a Korean War Vet [marine]. As a Whistle Blower in the Federal Gov, I understand PTSD first hand. I got totally crushed. I can’t even IMAGINE what it would be like to come back from a war where I had to kill someone, espc if I wasn’t sure if I killed a true enemy combatant or got someone who was innocent. I know how to handle firearms. I’ve never doubted I could kill in defense of self or a child. I also have never doubted that it would have a grave effect on my brain and soul. I’d love to see a movie that dealt with the subject in a serious and statistically correct manner. Including the failure of our government to take care of their veterans. Have you ever been in a VA Hospital? I’ve been in many in the course of my government job. They’re awful. Then there is the fact that the Gov made it legal, during the first Gulf War, to give experimental drugs to our troops without their knowledge or consent. It was published in the Federal Register in the FDA section, which I read every day. From here I’d just go into a political tirade so I’ll stop.

Please treat our Vets with respect even if you oppose the war. The blame is on our Gov and upper-level Military men/women not our young folks who fight. Do what you can to support agencies that are trying to help our vets and the groups trying to stop this unjust war.


Remember the Golden Rule: treat others as you would want to be treated.