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=Analysis of An Iraqi Account of the War on Iraq=



The War in Iraq is a war that, like the Civil War, has gone on far longer than expected. It has completely taken over the lives of the people in Iraq and with every coming day comes the question of whether they will make it to see another. Their lives solely revolve around this war, and will continue to do so until peace can be made. Nabil's blog entry entitled, "Another Terrifying Day," is just a single example of how nearly every living person in Iraq feels everyday of their lives, scared, frightened, and consumed with anguish. The deaths are piling and the air is consumed with it. "Life in baghdad is like Hell, I used the term Hell and yet its worse than hell." The Iraqi people are living in a hell that none can consider even living. The themes described throughout the blog entry can only permit one to assume that they live a life of fear, terror, death, and destruction.

"...a huge explosion took place. It was very close to us, we couldn't tell where it exactly fell as it was too close. We ran inside my grandmah's house and waited there for several minutes. Shortly after that, we heard screaming, shouting and people running in the street, we ran out to the street to see what happened."

The homes of innocent civilians are being bombed; people that have done nothing wrong but exist in a country that has been transformed into a place where the meaning of life is unknown. Life is to be preserved, cherished, worshiped, not destroyed and cut down like a lawn mower to grass. Their lives have become nothing more than a blank, an endless ward of confusion, fear, and suffering. No person should be forced to live a life in which their very being is threatened just as they move about their daily lives. They are never safe, and never without fear. The blog entry of Nabil, an Iraqi, is one filled with those same expressions and feelings of terror, fear, and suffering as the mortar shells fell about those that he cared most about. The title of the blog entry, "Another Terrifying Day," brings one to the conclusion that this is neither the first time that Nabil had to witness this terrible suffering, nor will it be his last.

In the aftermath of 9/11, many people from around the world have changed their opinions of the Iraqis and other Middle Easterners. Some believe that the war was necessary, that we must exterminate the "terrorists" so we can live our lives peacefully. Others were against it, feeling sympathy for innocent people like Nabil, who are forced to live a life of fear and misery.

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