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The Battle For Fallujah During The Iraq War By Bing West

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Bing West wrote this book to describe what it was like on the frontlines of the battle for Fallujah during the Iraq War using interviews and time with the Marines. West uses the book to tell what it is like for the average Marine in combat when politics and policies interfere with trying to win a battle and staying alive. In his book West has a way of describing things so that you feel like you are there with the Marines in the combat zone. Here is a part in the book where this happens.
“Private First Class Noah L. Boye, shooting from a highback, was hit by an RPG in his upper leg, ripping open a huge hole too large for pressure bandages. As the highback bounced along, the Marines frantically tried to stanch the flow of blood with a poncho …show more content…

There are a few reasons for agreeing with him. I myself fought in the Iraqi war in 2007 and dealt with a lot of similar things that the Marines in this book dealt with. I know what it is like to come under fire while trying to maintain a current position that is crucial to the operation. I also know what it is like to have friend that is like a brother get hit. You do everything you can to help and save him but are unable to. Then having to go home and see his family during the service knowing that you weren’t able to save him. War is a terrible thing that we must deal with when we want to defend our Country and the people we care about. War is made more difficult for the people with boots on the ground fighting the good fight by politics and policy’s made by people that are nowhere around the actually battlefield. West does a good job of bringing that to the attention of his readers. He also does a good job of showing them how a man that is in the safety of his home can think he knows what needs to be done and how to do it, but in reality the ones that should be making the decisions should be those in charge on the

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