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Analysis:
This letter home from a soldier in Iraq shows how he was feeling in this particular point in time. It obviously shows it was during war and how he was fearful of his life. The way he describes a man pointing an AK-47 barrel at his pupils and saying how he froze for a split second, shows how all soldiers get scared being in war but in the end the have to do what they have to do. It also shows how they are very grateful every night and thank good for giving them another day to live.

This Iraq War was basically caused because of the 9/11 attacks. So the one of the reasons why this letter was written was because of the 9/11 attacks because if we wouldn’t have had them there would have been no war and none of these soldiers suffering. The ideals now are to defeat the Iraqis because of the terrorist’s attacks. So now our “goal” is to do everything in our power to defeat them. Just like this letter serves as an example that even though this soldier was close to death he still goes for what he has to do at all costs. And at the end of the day thanks God for giving him another day to live, and the next day he will do the same and keep on fighting.

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