Dear Riverbend,
I have really enjoyed reading about your experiences on the war in Iraq. Anyone who reads your book is fortunate because you’re from Iraq and can speak English and Americans are able to read this book and understand what it’s like to live in Iraq during the war. This book helps me to understand the war because my country is at war with Iraq and I don’t know what it’s like because it’s not happening where I live. I can’t even imagine how hard it was for you to live there and see buildings burning and millions of deaths and bombs all around you. As I was reading, I noticed you said you would wake up tired from having nightmares of people getting shot and killed. You also shared how a kid died during an American raid and how they never showed that on Fox news or CNN. I think you’re exactly right, I think it’s a shame that the U.S. media hides that and it’s a disgrace that children are getting killed. Also, I was reading about your opinion on Americans. I admire the fact that you don’t hate Americans, even though our country is at war with yours and is killing millions of your people. However, you did list off times when you hated the American troops for killing people you knew, but how can I blame you. If I was you I would hate America for all the damage and deaths they caused in Iraq. Reading your blogs made me angry at my country because you talked about how they shot and killed over a dozen kids and teenagers, and how the troops opened fire on a crowd of parents and children. Hearing all of these stories devastate me and I find it admirable that after all of these casualties in Iraq, you still have respect for Americans.
Sincerely,
A blog
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