'The Kill Team' brings an ugly chapter in US military history to light
Adam Winfield (center) defied his parents when he enlisted in the military, but they supported him throughout his legal ordeal.
PHOTO BY DAN KRAUSSFILM It is a conundrum of modern life that we encourage aggression in our heroes of the battlefield and playing field, then are shocked when they fail to act like gentlemen. The comparison may be forced in some ways — especially in the wildly unequal compensation given people who risk their lives in uniform, versus those who risk a broken bone or concussion at worst. But both arenas are last bastions in which we celebrate unabashed machismo, physical strength, and daring in real-life as opposed to fictive form.Read more »