sjf’s blog

In the foreword of “Baghdad Burning” written by Ahdaf Soueif it talks about the living status of the blogger, Riverbend. There are quotes from the book provided that help summarize her main points and her views on the war. One sentence that helped summarize her view on a leader that was running is, ”He’s the tasteless joke that Bush and Co. sent along with the soldiers” (ix). Soueif introduces you to some of Riverbend’s opinions about the war, especially since she is living in the center of the fire, Baghdad. In the introduction begins, James Ridgeway starts off by giving a little bit of a biography about Riverbend and how she isn’t blogging about what we see on the news everyday here in the U.S., but about what she sees when she sits on her roof each night with her brother and watches her city being destroyed. He describes basically what led up to the 2003 U.S. invading Iraq war, and says that Riverbend thinks the kind of government that the U.S. is trying to create is a “pro-American “puppet” (xx). My memories of the U.S. invasion is just remembering September 11^th, and how shortly after that our troops were sent to the Middle East because the terrorists that were involved in the attacks of 9/11, were from there and there were more of them. My impression is mentioned in the text as 1 of 3 reasons that President Bush said we were invading Iraq, which have all been proven false.