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A girl only a few years older than myself has written a book reflecting like if Baghdad. She wrote this not in attempt for a book to be published or sympathy rather for sanity of living day in and day out in the midst of a brutal war. When it comes to the topic of the War in Iraq, most of us will readily agree that this affects many people. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question is, are we really aware of how much it affects the people of Bagdad. Whereas some are convinced that the United States is trying to help make their country a better place, others maintain that it is cruel and a waste of American money, and our Country’s morale.  There is much discussion of the transformation of politics into the Iraqi War as can be seen in the introduction and preface of Baghdad Burning, A blogging memoir , “Everything changed in an instant for U.S.- Iraq relations- and for the well-being of the Iraqi people- when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990, and the United States responded with a brief but deadly war” (Ridgeway xiv). It is important to look at the relations leading up to the war as history is known to repeat itself. Aside from that however is the importance of the people struggling in Baghdad that have been stripped of their lives such as Riverbend. I in no way claim to be a history buff so reading the chronological events leading up to the war developed my understanding drastically. I really was intrigued by Ridgeway’s comment, “It remains unclear just who manipulated whom” (Ridgeway xxi). This comment was made in regards to Bush and Chalabi with references made about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I feel the war is so complicated that I do not have enough inside facts to base my opinion. I do however know that something drastic must change for we cannot go on living in this continuous war.