War Topics In Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5kLoKlgyE - Blood Brothers by Luke Bryan

This song could be on a soundtrack for the two short stories we read in class because it shows the war topic, brotherhood. In the song, Luke sings about a time when he was younger and all the crazy things he use to do with his friends. In the song he even says, "the best of friends, take a bullet for each other." This shows the bond and brotherhood that he had with his friends. They would do just about anything to protect each other, and if anything happened to them he would be devastated. This is similar to when in Guests of The Nation one of the soldiers says, "I knew if they did run for it, that I'd never fire on them." This shows the brotherhood that the soldiers had with the prisoners and they would do just about anything to keep them alive like they are their blood brothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcM9ElA1VHk - What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts

This song could also be on a soundtrack for the two short stories we read in class because it shows an example of the pain people feel when they lose someone. In the song Rascal Flatts sings, "It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go." He sings about how he lost his girlfriend and he hates the way he feels and he feels so lonely without her. The pain people feel when they lose someone is shown in Guests of the Nation when the soldier says, "I never felt the same about again." They were forced to kill the prisoners that they became great friends with and the soldier was struggling to cope with the fact that he had to kill his friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIczlV9bjpY - Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts

Another song that relates to the two short stories we read in class is also by Rascal Flatts called Here Comes Goodbye. In this song he talks about how his girlfriend is coming to his house but this time it may be for the last time. He explains that she is going to say goodbye and he is going to miss everything about her. This relates to when one of the prisoners says, "I'm ready and you boys want to get it over." This was the goodbye the soldiers received. At that moment they knew they would never talk to him again. They knew that the friendship was going to be over and everything was going to be different.

9-11 War Conflicts

All over the world there are constantly conflicts that are occurring for many different reasons. A major conflict that has occurred in the last 20 years was 9-11. On September 11, 2001 there was four coordinated terrorist attacks by Al-Queada on The United States of America and killed just under 3,000 innocent people. Two planes hit the world trade center complex as well as the pentagon.  Another plane was aiming for the White House but the passengers over took the plane and they crashed in Pennsylvania. The United Sates responded by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan. They targeted Afghanistan because Al-Queda operated training camps and openly lived in the country with the support of the Taliban.The terrorists of Al-Queada would be unable to destroy our military so they targeted symbolic places such as the Twin Towers, a centerpiece of the World Trade Center. 

https://www.911memorial.org/

This attack shows the war topic we discussed in class of brotherhood. After The United States was attacked, people reacted in many different ways. Everyone was completely in shock and didn't know to do. Before it happened the country was divided completely. People were fighting each other and not everyone was on the same team. After the attack many people joined together and stopped all the other fighting that was going on. People joined together to help rebuild what was destroyed and help people that were affected whether they lost someone or they were injured. The United States of America finally became one team. One brotherhood. 

Another war topic we discussed in class that was shown is loss. 2,996 people lost their lives because of the terrorist attack on 9-11. Many people lost their brother or their sister or even their mother. Fathers left behind daughters. Sons left behind daughters. Friends were lost. Al-Queada wanted us to be in pain. They wanted us to lose something that meant quite a lot to us. Sadly, that is what happened. On September 11th 2001 Americans lost a lot but thankfully for the brotherhood we joined, we were able to come out of this stronger and better then ever.