HBO Miniseries about Iraq: Generation Kill

[cynatnite]

Reyes, who served twice in Iraq and once in Afghanistan, eventually left the Marines.

"I started hating the fact that we're not helping anybody over there … I wanted to fight people and engage and kill people who are oppressing others, right? It's quite sobering when you look in the mirror and you're like, 'Oh I guess I'm kind of that person too.'"

Wright also came away perplexed by the situation in Iraq.

"I'm so confused by Iraq because at times you can look at what we're doing over there and we've destroyed things and we haven't been faithful to the Iraqis that have helped us. But at other times, in the same city sometimes they look to us as the ones who are keeping the peace," Wright said.

"It's now evolved into we're here fighting al-Qaida. Are we really? When I talked to Gen. Petraeus, he said that's sort of a poor choice of words to say we're fighting terrorists so that they don't fight us in America. It's very tough when you go to a memorial of a trooper, what does his commanding officer say he died for?"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88578840&ft=1&f=1032

Here's the trailer:

http://www.hbo.com/events/generationkill/

Reyes wrote the book and HBO made a miniseries. Normally, I stay away from war-based movies and shows. They're not my cup of tea, but this is very compelling...especially since I know that this isn't a war-promoting one. May get the book, too.

[stray cat]

1. the book was good