Baghdad Burning is an amazing read and I actually kick myself for not knowing about the book already! I am not the most well read person by no means. But when it comes to Iraq and the war I do take a special interest and in some aspects it hits home directly. As I read into Riverbends world she has resurfaced so many issues that are either misunderstood or misconstrued by the media
I have known for years how much the government lies to the American people and or just left crucial parts of the truth out of a headliner. But it never fails to blow my mind over and over again. This book re breaks my heart but yet lifts my spirits at the same time. For one, it always disturbs me how people can use so much power to do so much damage out of pure greed. On the other hand I love that we live in an age now that we can shout back at the injustice we face without repercussions (such as blogging). Although Riverbend stays anonymous for her safety as well as her family's, she is fighting back with words about her peoples suffering. Her words are so much more powerful. In my mind I see how a bullet of a weapon fired can only travel a certain distance for impact, but words have no boundaries and no limit to the amount of impact that can be achieved. I know personally so many people that have prejudice stereotypes against the Iraqi people and she breaks all of them to pieces just with her literacy alone. Really, she puts allot of those same people that criticize and belittle Iraqi's to shame because I bet 2 to 1 they would need a dictionary on the side to reference!! lol
