Only Then

clipped from www.outsidethewire.com But there is another group for who the sting of their own cowardice is too much to bear.  They are not willing to accept that they cannot be heroes.  They cannot accept that, even if they were younger or had the physical ability to confront a violent villain, they would shrink from the challenge.  To alleviate their guilt they invent a new villain--Halliburton, Cheney, neo-cons, politicians, military officers, Soldiers, Marines--in short, anyone who will not physically harm them.  The first block-buster Iraq War movie will be about the battle of Fallujah or another life and death struggle showing Marines or Soldiers as heroes.  This movie will follow the traditional monomyth with the heroes confronting a villain with violence and prevailing.  But this movie will come out of nowhere.  It will not be backed by a major studio or star name-brand actors.  And only then will the war hero return.