Stop-Loss
April 13, 2008 by Diva Jood
In a campaign speech in 2004, former presidential candidate John Kerry described stop-loss as a “backdoor draft.” The new film, Stop-Loss, addresses this policy (the involuntary extension of a service member’s enlistment contract beyond the normal end of their term of service). The film is not anti-war; it is pro-soldier. This is an important distinction, because by not being an anti-war film, it avoids falling into the trap of polemics. It lets the viewer ask questions, to search within, and to make real choices after.
Strongly recommended!
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Diva..I hope you don’t mind that I posted this and added the movie trailer to it..it certainly sounds like a movie worth seeing. Thanks for posting about it.
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Hey, Dusty - when I put the post up yesterday, it completely disappeared on me. Once again, I am techno-challenged. Thanks for fixing, and thanks for adding the trailer. I swear. Blonde, blonde and more blonde.
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