Saturday, July 04, 2009

i just got finished watching the seven episodes

of generation kill on hbo on demand

A TRUE STORY
AN AMAZING STORY
A STORY THAT HURTS TO WATCH

it's a seven episode series which takes place at the beginning of our (illegal and immoral) invasion of iraq. evan wright was a reporter with rolling stone magazine. he was embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion‎ of the United States Marine Corps. i don't believe he ever would have been accepted by the men (at least as much as he was) if in the past he had not written for hustler magazine. that won 'em over as you can imagine.

it's not a story about heroes and villians (although i personally did think some were one or the other). just men who had a job to do and most of them tried their best to do it.

if you have hbo, i highly recommend watching it (it was on about a year ago, but it's on demand right now). if you don't, rent or buy the dvd. i certainly am going to buy the book.