By visiting the milblogs again I derived a more personal relationship with the website. The article So It Goes Forward details the events of the last day before two soldiers headed back to Iraq. One of the soldiers seemed depressed about returning so the other gave him a clover for luck and a safe return after his duty was fulfilled. At the end he replies “Paying it forward is always better than simply paying it back.” The simple act of passing a clover can raise one’s spirit to give them a reason to move on.
The next article I read, Recreational Warfare, chronicles the events of a man disillusioned by, or what he sees as, the ignorance of others. The Iraqi War wages only a few miles away but the people of Kuwait do not even give heed to its existence and go about their days. It is astounding how we can pretend the issues don’t effect us until the come knocking at our doorstep.
2 comments:
yeah - this gets a little addicting in a good sort of way; it's like reading someone else's diary, which is exactly what it is.
I read a few of the articles that caused me to connect on a deeper level with the website as well. I feel you.
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