A documentary gave ambivalent soldiers the evidence their doubts had lacked.

Evidence

But as he watched the movie, he started wondering, Am I out here for somebody’s personal gain? Am I out here trying to help somebody else advance? What am I really out here for? He was convinced by the movie. He and his clique had had questions before, but now they had something to affirm their position, a cultural artifact replete with evidence, documents, statistics, and footage. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 280 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Documentary film provided soldiers with validating evidence for their existing doubts about the war. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 280; Deep stories feel truest precisely when contradicting recorded history — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 35

Broader Connections

• Documentary film provided soldiers with validating evidence for their existing doubts about the war. #expands (0.97) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 280