Review of Stop-Loss (2008) by Luis B — 31 Jan 2011

There is room for debate over society's painting of conscientious objectors as weak and un-American, but over the course of the last decade even solders who have served their time are being patriotically slandered for resisting "Stop-loss" (the military literally STOPs them from leaving by keeping them beyond initial end of term of service "ETS" date and up to their contractually agreed end of obligated service "EOS" date due to concern over LOSS of personnel deteriorating our national security).

This was originally supposed to be about declared wars, not some of these small or prolonged engagements (deployments in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo... and after the September 11 attacks...the subsequent War on Terror).

And since America is probably going to be involved in perpetuity in a conflict of this nature, this is a form of back door draft bait&switched on people too young/naively patriotic/uneducated enough..

.to know better. They will be the IED fodder used against the new stateless enemies our military-industrial complex controlled nation fights in its desperate attempt to maintain control over an unfair share of the world's resources.

Plow shares (not more swords) are what is needed.... Needless to say (based upon my verbose quasi review / soapbox rant), this was both an interesting and thought provoking film. Far from perfect, but worth seeing.