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My views on the war have evolved over its course.

I initially supported it but have since been sickened at how badly it has been mismanaged in the immediate and long term aftermath of the invasion. Thousand of dead Americans and Iraqis because Rumsfeld and Bush refused to listen to military commanders who wanted larger forces to enforce the peace from the get go.

What this movie really did for me more than anything was bring home the fact that every one of those dead soldiers was a living breathing human being, not just a number, not just a statistic. Not just something to be compared to greater casualties from other wars. Real kids who are now dead forever. Yeah sure they enlisted, but that doesn't excuse our leaders for policy blunders that got them killed.

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