Basic needs are extremely hard to come by, such as, clean running water, indoor plumbing, schools for the children, etc. When I heard how many millions of dollars’ worth of oil flow through that country on a daily basis is when I realized how cheated the Iraqi people have been for so long. Contrary to how the media makes it seem, the majority of the Iraqi people are farmers or shepherds and simple people trying to survive in an oppressed land. The living conditions leave much to be desired. At times there would be spurts of violence and resistance by anti-coalition forces, but for the most part it was not fighting day in day out 24 hours, 7 days of the week.
It wasn't as terrible as the media had portrayed it to be, as far as the ground combat was concerned. When my unit arrived in Iraq I was a bit surprised at what I saw. My feelings now are that we as a nation, a leading nation, took the right steps in deploying to Iraq to help the people of that country regain their freedom which they had been denied for so long. My feelings were that there should not have been any U.S. First of all I will admit that at first I did not see the importance of us going to Iraq to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom. These are my true and honest reflections as it concerns my deployment to Iraq.
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