My husband was severely injured in Iraq in 2005. Although I am sorry that this man was injured, I find it incredibly disrespectful to his fellow soldiers to become an anti-war protester. Anyone who enlisted after 9/11 had to know what he/she was getting into. They would have to be incredibly naive not to. Movies and soldiers like this make other wounded soldiers look bad.
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The challenge of getting "Body of War" into the theaters is not political, says Donahue: it's economic. "You can't waterboard a theater owner for being afraid of this because he's seen the empty seats," says Donahue. Movies about the Iraq War are box-office flops. He hopes this one is different enough that it can break through what he calls Iraq War fatigue.
Tomas doesn't want people to feel sorry for the guy in the wheelchair. He wants to make a statement. He wants people to know that war is about more than making speeches on the Senate floor.
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