Book Blog 5

Based off of the chapters I have read lately it seems that all the means we do to help the Iraqis with their politics gets blown up in our face and we then have to retaliate to make them calm down and suspend attacks. So we try to implement rule but it just gets overturned within a month. Also it's crazy how these people can just give their lives away as suicide bombers and believe that its for the greater good. It stated that over 900 people died from a bomb suicide in 2005 alone. Another eye opener for me was when he was jogging and he just stood there to witness the smoke rising. He was able to just walk it off and continue his run as if it was an every day occurrence, which it actually seems to be.