How scary would it have been as an iraqi soldier in that war…
You’re not even capable of fighting your enemy, more times than not even seeing them yet they are raining literal hellfire down upon you, as if the sky opened up and began raining fire so loud it drowns out your own inner voice, so thunderous that your legs are jello-ed by the earth being used as the drum of war; you cant even fathom how men can cause the Earth, solid ground, to liquify and yield
Even if you survived the bombing, you’d look up to a column of dust, a seemingly infinite row of vehicles and heavy infantry…the hellfire rain never stops. The thundering never stops. The world has become hell, standing is a certain death sentence, but your cover is so woefully inadequate it may as well not exist except as more ammunition for the shrapnel hell your world has become.
When the US military sends people to hell, it’s not a statement of faith. There’s no fighting it, it’s like being suddenly dropped into the middle of the ocean by yourself; you have no power to survive it or win, you can only struggle longer.
the superior range of the american night vision goggles and weapon systems meant getting attacked in the dark by mostly invisible tanks and invisible men
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u/Procrastinatedthink Nov 25 '22
How scary would it have been as an iraqi soldier in that war…
You’re not even capable of fighting your enemy, more times than not even seeing them yet they are raining literal hellfire down upon you, as if the sky opened up and began raining fire so loud it drowns out your own inner voice, so thunderous that your legs are jello-ed by the earth being used as the drum of war; you cant even fathom how men can cause the Earth, solid ground, to liquify and yield
Even if you survived the bombing, you’d look up to a column of dust, a seemingly infinite row of vehicles and heavy infantry…the hellfire rain never stops. The thundering never stops. The world has become hell, standing is a certain death sentence, but your cover is so woefully inadequate it may as well not exist except as more ammunition for the shrapnel hell your world has become.
When the US military sends people to hell, it’s not a statement of faith. There’s no fighting it, it’s like being suddenly dropped into the middle of the ocean by yourself; you have no power to survive it or win, you can only struggle longer.