Through this assignment, I have looked at various blogs from soldiers in
Iraq. Some have been kind of boring, to be honest. But some have given a good image of what it is like in
Iraq and how they are feeling about the war.
One soldier talked about how things have gotten worse in
Iraq. He said, “There's a growing feeling here in Iraq and especially in
Baghdad that things were much better say a year after the liberation than they are now.”1
One blogger showed a lost hope for a free
Iraq. He said, “I completely lost the ambition and hope about a secular Iraq where you can express your feelings and thoughts freely especially the religion, but it seems for the coming three centuries the Islamic acts of beheading in the name of God for fundamentalists in Sunnis, and the sadist whipping as a punishment (till death) for Shia will improve and continue enthusiastically.”2
One soldier discussed why he went to
Iraq. I thought it was very interesting. Personally, I do not agree with the reasons for going to war and I would NEVER volunteer for such a thing. But this soldier said, “I want to contribute to something bigger and more meaningful than myself. I want to give back to my country. I want to physically contribute something positive to solving a problem rather than acting like I can solve all the world’s problems from my couch.”3 I do think it is admirable to want to add something positive to the world.
Some soldiers had pictures included in their blogs. These were interesting to look at. It was interesting to see what they deemed picture worthy.
I thought this statement by one of the bloggers was interesting. He said, “Some people like to argue that we’ve brought terrorism to this country simply by our presence here. I hope so. Where would you rather terrorists be, roaming the streets of Ramadi or roaming the streets of main street
USA?”4 I just thought it was interesting because I think this point was discussed in one side of the Taking Sides Issue 11.
