“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”
Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973)

War ain’t sweet. Do you think violence is polite? Nice even? It’s not the death that is so bad. It’s what happens to those who make it back. If they be physically intact or not. In this recent war for every 1 soldier that’s killed 16 are wounded. In WWII it was 2 to 1 and in Vietnam it was 3 to 1. Basically alot of people are coming home messed up. With the whole Walter Reed thing, the Prez really has no weight behind the “Support the Troops” phrase. Didn’t we learn from Vietnam to at least take care of folks when they get home? I think the real tragedy is that when the current “Conservative” in office talks about smaller government, they mean more people in charge, fire workers and privitize their jobs. Too bad that ends up costing more and you’ve now put situations in the hands of someone who’s thinking about the financial bottom line and not the human one.

Thinking about all this I recently copped a movie that I’ve liked for a while, The War at Home. It’s about Vietnam but not being in a war. There’s no political protests scenes. It’s just a soldier trying to transition to life stateside with a family that doesn’t really understand where he’s just come from. I consider this alot. Despite peoples stances on things, how much resources are allocated for troops coming home? You don’t just go from fighting for your life and killing to getting a job like it’s nothing. A body needs a break you know?