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This blog concerns a gentleman named Will. The webblog is about his hardships, adventures and time in Iraq. Throughout a few entries, you can tell this guy is definitely optimistic. You get an idea of how he learned from his time there and grew from it. The latest entry of the blog is actually his last. He returned home from Iraq to Wisconsin where he could not get enough nachos and beer. By the short entries upon his return, he was more than ecstatic to be home and see his family. Throughout his time in Iraq it was apparent that he found ways to keep himself sane and remain his optimistic self, through inside jokes, and making light of the hardest times.
While it’s still really difficult for me to read these sort of personal diaries so to say, because they are that: personal. I could not imagine how someone can return from such a scary and barren land and not be plagued with thoughts and memories. But the fact that I read a detailed and personal account of someone who was real, but optimistic made me feel optimistic about the war. This gentleman made a simple quote "Give us what we want and we'll go away." – he makes it so simple…and I just wish the rest of the world would think and feel this way.