I’ve Stopped War Reporting. I Realized That

Bad News Is Dramatic. It Makes Good Tv. If There's A Firefight On The Same Day That A School Opens Up, The Media Will Show The Firefight Even Though The School Is Way More Important And Will Affect The Community For Much Longer.

War Affected My Family A Lot, And I Was Quite Curious About It. I First Went Off To War In The Early 90's As A Journalist, Partly Out Of Curiosity And Partly Because I Needed A Career. War Reporting Has Been Very Glamorous And Exciting, And Everything Else That Young Men Like.

The Army Might Screw You And Your Girlfriend Might Dump You And The Enemy Might Kill You, But The Shared Commitment To Safeguard One Another’s Lives Is Unnegotiable And Only Deepens With Time. The Willingness To Die For Another Person Is A Form Of Love That Even Religions Fail To Inspire, And The Experience Of It Changes A Person Profoundly.

A Grenade Launcher Will Easily Take Out A Tank; A Molotov Cocktail Placed In Its Air Intake Will Destroy One As Well.

The Only Thing That Makes Battle Psychologically Tolerable Is The Brotherhood Among Soldiers. You Need Each Other To Get By.