A well-written look at the Iraq war, by a reporter who spent a year embedded with army infantry battalion 2-16. I’ve been an opponent of the war(s) since before it they started, but having a brother in the military makes me a little more compassionate towards the people who fight our Leaders Battles. There’s a lot of compassion in this book, for soldiers who lost gave their lives, limbs, and sanity for the Leaders Battles. There’s even a little compassion for the Iraqi people, which made this wacko liberal’s heart go pitterpatter. But mostly reading this book made me realize how hopeless this war is, in the eyes of the people who oppose it, and those who are fighting it.

304 pages
5/5

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