"I Think We Got Blown Up for Nothing"

Texas Monthly by Robert Draper | Jan. 25, 2008 (Special Report)
Like an untold number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, the brave young men of Bravo Troop were lab rats in a slipshod military experiment. Theirs is the story of everything that's gone wrong in this great fiasco of a war.

A little more than halfway into their year-long tour of duty, with one dead and more than a dozen others wounded by improvised explosive devices, the young men of Bravo Troop found themselves thinking about a quiet little city where such mayhem would have been unfathomable. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S.
Topics: Department of Defense, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jan 25, 2008 - 7:54 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Frederick Dettmer (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Michelle La Friniere (review), Don Bliss (review)
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 26, 2008

The gory details of suppressing resistance as an occupation force are laid out at length. The story provides a good counterpoint to stories glorifying war.

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 by Frederick Dettmer - Jan. 26, 2008

Outstanding look at the reality on the ground in Iraq. Exposes the insanity and hopelessness of the war. Highly recommended.

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3.0
 by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 25, 2008
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 25, 2008
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 by Michelle La Friniere - Jan. 29, 2008

An honest portrayal of the reality of this war and the humanity of the people that are asked to fight it.

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 by Don Bliss - Feb. 1, 2008
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