I did not like Crawford's article very much but I did find it very interesting. I think the mood that is taken away from Crawford is very representative of most Americans feelings for the Iraq war. We discussed in class the discrepancy of how the soldier is viewed. Although there was a great deal of controversy surrounding Vietnam, there was a much larger gap of desire to fight that war. People either protested or went to war to show their strong emotion.political stance; however, most Americans today either don't have an opinion on the Iraq war or are strongly opposed to it.
The soldiers fighting in Vietnam had a stronger sense of "our boys" because of the perception that they wanted to be there for the country. Crawford's constant questioning of their purpose in Iraq is extremely symbolic of the lack of a national passion to continue in this war. I thought it was kind of funny that he complains about the "disorganization" of the war, considering that war usually is chaos. He describes an environment of every man for himself which seems to be very contrary to Vietnam. Even though I didn't particularly love his writing, I respect his honesty because even soldiers get scared and he acknowledges this.
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