Kanye West Puts the Spotlight on Iraq Veterans

Regardless of your personal feelings about the war in Iraq, I think everyone understands that the men and women coming home deserve our respect. Kanye West agrees, and he has teamed up with MTV to tell the stories of returning vets in a documentary titled Choose or Lose and Kanye West Present: Homecoming.

The documentary will air for one hour tonight at 10pm ET/PT. Kanye pays a surprise visit to some soldiers who have returned home to show the challenges these young men and women face. The rappers said, “There are hundreds of veterans out there who are falling through the cracks. They make the ultimate sacrifices for us by laying down their lives, but it seems like a lot of them just get forgotten about … I teamed up with MTV and took the opportunity to share the spotlight with these veterans and hear their stories.”

Not only with the documentary show the difficulties vets have upon returning home, but it will show young people some resources they can go to in order to help out, such as chooseorlose.com or the Dr. Donda West Foundation.

MTV’s research (yes, I know — I snickered at the thought of MTV doing research, too, but I’m assuming they went beyond the walls of the Real World house and the case of The Hills to get their information) shows that 70% of people ages 18 to 29 personally know someone who has fought in Iraq, so this documentary is sure to hit home to many viewers.

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