In my book Horse Soldiers, the story is about the Afghanistan war, which takes place from 2001- present time, specifically operation Enduring Freedom. At the time of the story President Bush is in power and he is the one calling all of the shots. Essentially the start of this war is the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Where two airplanes flew into the twin towers and another into the pentagon. One other plane got hijacked but failed to hit its target due to rebellion from passengers.
Only days after the attacks, America declares war on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The attacks on our country was orchestrated by terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. President Bush sent troops overseas to Afghanistan to fight these terrorist cells and to save American lives. This is where my book’s story comes in, there are some Special Ops soldiers who fight this specific battle where they are outnumbered 40 to 1. They fight bravely to save their country against some very tough enemies, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. “Besides, these guys didn’t surrender. They fought to the death. Die fighting and you went to paradise”. This is why their enemy fought so hard, they want a paradise. The people around the conflict are very scared, because of the guerrilla warfare and constant threat of fighting in their neighborhood. They could very easily get caught in the crossfire, even with the Rules of Engagement put in place by our Government. They don’t really like these terrorists at any stretch but people also don’t love a bunch of foreign armies coming in firing weapons. Soldiers take pride in their work, because they protect our country, so they are sometimes scared as any man and woman would be. But they are also confident, and strong. All of this to show all of the many connections between the events of my book, and how many it tied to.
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dylan causey
4/26/2018 07:42:26 am
This is a very discriptive essay
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Cramer
4/27/2018 01:27:17 pm
*descriptive
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Cramer
4/27/2018 01:26:06 pm
Sounds like an interesting book, do you believe the US could get involved in another war like this in the future?
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