This is an old, old story of soldiers returning home from a War, (in this case the horrors of Iraq), to find that their traumatic experiences have created a gigantic emotional separation between themselves and the people and lives they are returning to. If my memory serves me correctly, this was the theme of the WWII movie, "the Best Years of Our Lives". Mostly, this is why the returning soldiers, or the victim of other horrors such as imprisonment in camps, can't tell their stories to anyone who is primarily involved with mundane day-to-day living that include family problems and the cost of college education or gasoline.
To compound the problem, the people and families of these soldiers don't understand the psychological issues of the soldiers, and feel that they are victims also.
In this particular movie the "plot" is predicable and could just as well been a documentary. The Ken Burns PBS documentary "War" briefly discusses this problem also.
Too bad Bush, Cheney, Condi, and Wolfowitz weren't sent to the front lines in Iraq or Vietnam.
The movie should be required viewing in all High Schools.
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