Part IV: "Our experiences in Philly"

We drive to Philadelphia. Iraq vets from around the country are here for a convention. There is a heavy curtain of fog, and the city looks romantic and a little dangerous.
Dave, from Illinois, smokes a cigarette outside. He’s friendly, but restless and agitated. He comes from a long and proud family tradition of military service. But once in Iraq, he was very turned off by the way the civilians were treated—their cities were totally destroyed and the people were shell-shocked and without basic necessities. Back at home, he heard about protestors, and confronted them angrily. “Who the hell are you to say this? We went through this complete bullshit for you.” He decided, however, that the protestors were on the side of the soldiers. The more he thought about the war, the angrier he became.
Abbie, from Wisconsin, is still very shaken from her experiences in Iraq. “I can’t hold down a relationship, I dropped classes at school… my short term memory is gone.”
Where can you see and hear experiences like these? On the evening news? Not likely. The vet who wants to talk on local or national TV about how this war is a good idea might get the chance to do it, but not these people. This documentary is their chance to say what they want to.