Watch Brian Ross' exclusive investigation, "Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs," Friday, 11-30-07, on "20/20" at 10 p.m. EDT! If you miss the airing the 5 Report Links are below, read the reports, view the photo's, Get Educated As To What War Does!
This Country has been in DENIAL for over 30 Years, on what War does to many who serve In - Theater, and are once again running to that Denial!!
Why the DENIAL, we think We Are So Supreme and Powerful, We Cheer on the Shock and Awe of Total Destruction of others Countries and Populations in Wars Of Choice, not Justified and Based on Lies of the few!
The We are the Great Majority who Will Not Serve, Will Not Deploy, Will Cheer On Like It's Some Great Sporting Event!!
War is Not Sport, and those, the Great Majority, who act like it is, Refuse to Even Pay for what they have done to others, but More Than Willing to not Question what our Military Industrial Complex Skims off our Huge Defense Budgets!
'Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs' - In Their Own Words
The video above is a cut of the lead in by Brian Ross with cuts of four, of the five soldiers, telling their stories, there's also another video at the last, Part Five, todays report. Visit the links, read the reports, view the photo's with further descriptions, Start Crawling Out Of Your Denial!
If you miss tonights airing, ABC's 20/20 11-30-2007, the links to the Five Part Series, of reports, are below.
The following Video is the lead in video with Brian Ross and one of the student journalist discussing how the reports were investigated and put together.
The Primer
This Country Didn't Learn from Our Time, Vietnam, nor our many other misadventures of Bravado!!
DENIAL Time Is Over, Educate Yourselves To The Reality!!!!!
And watch for this Documentary:
BODY OF WAR
Powerful new film by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue. Original songs by Eddie Vedder.
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