Response to Iraqi War Blog
I looked through a few different blogs from the Blogs Of War Reading and found one that caught my attention. The link is http://bootsonground.blogspot.com/
This blog is posted by a US soldier in Iraq. It has archives dating back to October of 2003, and was updated as recently as yesterday. The posting is simply the way things are through one man's eyes. He talks about things like the heat in Iraq, the lack of sleep, girls in the service, his family back home, and a variety of other things. One thing that caught my attention was that a car bomb caused mass casualities and a bomb killed some innocent bystanders, and he mentions his surprised that it did not receive media attention. I can only wonder what else is neglected by the media.
His blog is a more personal look at what soldiers are going through over in Iraq as opposed to the media which is more all encompassing. I would say that the information is believeable seeing as most of his posts concern the way he is living his life, not just straight forward war information. I like his writing style. It reminds me of my own, so I guess I can relate to it. It is littered with curse words and some sentences that don't flow real well. I guess his writing seems very real to me. One other thing worth mentioning is he seems to be protecting his family in his writing, trying not to mention to many hardships. Its as if he doesn't want to get his family too worried. He even mentions that he leaves things out of his letters home so as to not give his mom a heart attack.
This blog is posted by a US soldier in Iraq. It has archives dating back to October of 2003, and was updated as recently as yesterday. The posting is simply the way things are through one man's eyes. He talks about things like the heat in Iraq, the lack of sleep, girls in the service, his family back home, and a variety of other things. One thing that caught my attention was that a car bomb caused mass casualities and a bomb killed some innocent bystanders, and he mentions his surprised that it did not receive media attention. I can only wonder what else is neglected by the media.
His blog is a more personal look at what soldiers are going through over in Iraq as opposed to the media which is more all encompassing. I would say that the information is believeable seeing as most of his posts concern the way he is living his life, not just straight forward war information. I like his writing style. It reminds me of my own, so I guess I can relate to it. It is littered with curse words and some sentences that don't flow real well. I guess his writing seems very real to me. One other thing worth mentioning is he seems to be protecting his family in his writing, trying not to mention to many hardships. Its as if he doesn't want to get his family too worried. He even mentions that he leaves things out of his letters home so as to not give his mom a heart attack.
posted by Mike at 7:03 PM
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