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類型：Human interest（人物故事）
士兵 Alex 即將前往一個戰亂的平窮國家並設法阻止這場戰爭。在一次突擊巡邏任務當中，沒有發現半個槍手卻發現一個對著他大喊的男孩，Alex 不懂男孩說的語言，但是它可以感覺一股俄勢力正在蔓延。
Alex is a soldier with a peace-keeping force in a poor country torn apart by fighting. He doesn’t speak the language and is not sure why he is there. On patrol he comes face to face with the reality of what arms sales mean and pays the ultimate price. Why?