Thursday, May 7, 2009

Ryan Rusbuldt- outside reading

I read about the Vietnam war and the terrain they had to fight on. The war has been explained as one of America's devastating leads to hatred world wide. The Americans knew going into the war that the landscape of Vietnam is virtually nothing but jungle. Many soldiers used slang language to explain the jungle. "The Shit", was most commonly known as the Jungle. They call it the shit because of many reasons including the fact that it would always rain and create mud. Others described the whole country as hell in a very small place. The landscape was disrespected in the war, but solders had more important things on there mind at that time, such as surviving. It was hard for solders to learn from nature and understand its ways because of the conflict of perspective between the two countries. Do not get me wrong, i support the United States Troops no matter what! They die protecting me and my fellow citizens, and all of our rights! Many of my family member have activily served in the armed forces and all should be commended, but the issue was with the landscape which they had to fight on.

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