https://pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/2011/06/29/dvd-restrepo/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:56:12 -0400<![CDATA[On  April 20th, 40-year-old photo-journalist Tim Hetherington was killed by shrapnel while covering the war in Libya.   If you want to understand what a loss this is to our increasingly incompetent and dishonest journalistic community, watch the 2010 documentary Restrepo as I did for the first time this past weekend.  Co-Directed by Hetherington and Perfect Storm author Sebastian Junger, Restrepo covers one year with a platoon of US Soldiers in the hyper-violent Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan of 2008.   No matter what you think of the war, no matter what your politics, this is a terrific doc, exactly the sort of coverage our military deserves.  It gives the clearest picture of the men who fight of any film I’ve seen and makes you understand why the words we trot out on Memorial Day &#8212;  words like “hero,” “sacrifice,” “courage” and so on &#8212; simply aren’t enough to capture the living reality of what these guys do and who they are.]]>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:00:17 -0400<![CDATA[Andrew Klavan]]>https://pjmedia.com/andrew-klavan/2011/06/29/dvd-restrepo-n179204