Saturday, March 13, 2010
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
I've been on a true crime/forensic reading jag lately, but I've read all the books that I wanted to so I started reading this Iraq War memoir. Man is this thing good! It is not a polished or slicked-up type of thing, it's in authentic language and really gives you the feeling of what it was like to be there. It centers around the author's unit's participation in the battle of Fallujah, probably the largest single battle of the war. The combat is like Stalingrad with sand instead of snow. I honestly had no real understanding of all the various dangers these guys faced as they fought to clear the city of insurgents.
This may seem odd, but I just recently got a memo from my school system about dodgeball being banned from school playgrounds as too dangerous, and too violent. It really upset me. The liberals are doing everything they can to feminize American male youth, and they're using the education system as a tool. Liberals are so very studpid about so many things, but trying to make sissies out of schoolboys is just too much. I'm a teacher, and I don't like feeling a part of this cultural suicide. Well, reading this book made me feel a little bit better. America's manhood is alive and well! Try as they may, the liberals have not yet been able to castrate America's male youth. If you can read this story of American men fighting evil - thank your teacher!
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I couldn't agree with you more. The book shows the rough camraderie of combat soldiers better than any I have ever read (or listened to). I highly recommend it.
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