The Hurt Locker

Hi All,

We just wanted to congraulate Katheryn Bigelow and the crew of the movie Hurt Locker for their stunning victory at the Oscars the other night.  It is an incredible movie, in case you have not yet seen it.  Most important, even though some veterans have had problems with the film, it puts the men and women who are placed in these hellish wars back in the forefront of the public mind, at least for now.  While any film about war that has this kind of "entertainment value" could be said to send the wrong message, that war is somehow interesting, perhaps glorious, someone else's life, the emotional impact of The Hurt Locker touches anyone who sees it.  Without us being touched, the film would have meant nothing.  Go see it if you haven't, be prepared, and let it open you to the realities remembered by so many of the veterans living in your midst.

Congratulations to the Hurt Locker, may it open the rest of us to our brothers and sisters who have lived through these wars.

Bill