On a day of remembrance which is so widely covered by the media as well and professional sports, we remember those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. The media had great and vast coverage of the ceremonies that took place at Ground Zero and Shanksville, PA where Flight 93 had crashed 10 years ago to the day. Both places have extraordinary memorials, but the memorial at Ground Zero is breathtaking to say the least. This is all wonderful and well deserved, but what about the military and all the lives lost as an aftermath to 9/11. To the right is a picture of my platoon and I in Baghdad, Iraq with the famous cross swords. This is the old parade grounds where Saddam would march his army. As I have first hand knowledge of being there and seeing what really happens and what it is really like, I am sorry to inform all of you that what the media portrays of the war and what they show you is wrong. All the media seems to talk about are all the American lives lost. Granted this is a tragedy of war. All the protesters of the war in a way are spitting on the soldiers for doing what they signed up to do, which is fight for our country and defend the freedom and the people of the greatest country the United State of America. If we did not step in and do something about the attacks, then we would have unconsciously shown that the lives lost is what very well could be the nations worst tragedy to ever take place. Not only that but we would have shown not only terrorists but the world that anyone can do anything to us because we will not fight back. In this small blog seen by not to many people I am here to tell you to not get caught up in what the media portrays because it is not always 100% true. There is a lot of good being done in this war, and that is only because of the bravery of the military. "The American flag does not fly because the wind moves past it. The American flag flies from the last breath of each military member who have died protecting it. American soldiers don't fight because they hate what'
s in front of them, they fight because they love what's behind them" (Unknown).
On a day of remembrance which is so widely covered by the media as well and professional sports, we remember those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. The media had great and vast coverage of the ceremonies that took place at Ground Zero and Shanksville, PA where Flight 93 had crashed 10 years ago to the day. Both places have extraordinary memorials, but the memorial at Ground Zero is breathtaking to say the least. This is all wonderful and well deserved, but what about the military and all the lives lost as an aftermath to 9/11. To the right is a picture of my platoon and I in Baghdad, Iraq with the famous cross swords. This is the old parade grounds where Saddam would march his army. As I have first hand knowledge of being there and seeing what really happens and what it is really like, I am sorry to inform all of you that what the media portrays of the war and what they show you is wrong. All the media seems to talk about are all the American lives lost. Granted this is a tragedy of war. All the protesters of the war in a way are spitting on the soldiers for doing what they signed up to do, which is fight for our country and defend the freedom and the people of the greatest country the United State of America. If we did not step in and do something about the attacks, then we would have unconsciously shown that the lives lost is what very well could be the nations worst tragedy to ever take place. Not only that but we would have shown not only terrorists but the world that anyone can do anything to us because we will not fight back. In this small blog seen by not to many people I am here to tell you to not get caught up in what the media portrays because it is not always 100% true. There is a lot of good being done in this war, and that is only because of the bravery of the military. "The American flag does not fly because the wind moves past it. The American flag flies from the last breath of each military member who have died protecting it. American soldiers don't fight because they hate what's in front of them, they fight because they love what's behind them" (Unknown).
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