Refuse to Fight

The highly anticipated Iraq war film "Stop Loss" stars three popular actors: Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The title "stop-loss" was originally a common word in the financial and foreign exchange field, which roughly refers to a behavior of trying to limit losses to a smaller range when an investment makes a mistake. The term was used by the U.S. government after the Vietnam War. "Stop-loss procedure" refers to an act in which the military forces soldiers who have completed their service or are eligible to retire to extend their service time under an emergency situation deemed by the military. According to one estimate, this controversial policy has left about 7,000 U.S. soldiers stranded in Iraq who were scheduled to return home. In the film, Sergeant Brandon King, played by Ryan Phillippe, returned to his hometown town with honor and planned to rebuild his life. However, the military forced him to return to Iraq immediately to continue serving under the stop-loss procedure. As a last resort, Brandon began a journey to the end of the world, evading the so-called "justice" of a country that he originally risked his life to protect.