An Analysis Of Sargent Clint Van Winkle

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In Soft Spots: A Marine’s Memoir of Combat and Post-traumatic stress disorder, Sargent Clint Van Winkle participated in one of the bloodiest wars in Iraq. Sargent Winkle signed up to protect his country, without truly understanding the reason for the war. He did not know what to expect, what was going to happen, exactly who it was going to happen to, but courageously he was out there waiting on an answer that in fact was never revealed. However, Winkle was a part of that war, which made him agree with the terms that led. He was trained to follow orders, forced to survive, and made a pact to protect the guy to right and to the left of him. Despite being diagnosed with PTSD and the uncertainties of whether the war was worthy or not, he favored …show more content…

Winkle was left to gather his thoughts and rectify them on his own. Despite the fact that he had the blood of others on his hands and once enjoyed it. Winkle realized “If anything the war made him appreciate life more, helped him see what was important” (Wrinkle111). According to the USA News, the war in Iraq was totally worth it. Despite the loss of almost 4,488 American and more than 32,000 Americans wounded, America have to remember that Iraq was out for the USA and had we not freed Iraq from Saddam dictatorship then we would still be today fighting. The facts and the truth may never be truly reveled, but the fact stands that this war had to happen and Iraq needed America to aid them to their freedom and democracy (USA News). In summary, Winkle favored the war because he was a Marine. It was all he had known since he was 18 years old. He loved the camaraderie of being a soldier. He enjoyed carrying a weapon and using it. He loved to blow things up. Winkle was good at what he did. It made him feel alive. He probably would not have cared what war it was or what cause he was fighting for, he would have only cared that he was doing his job and was doing what he loved with those who shared the same feelings. He felt he wasn’t fighting for himself, he was fighting for those soldiers next to him and those that came before him. He felt whether or not the war was justified was not for him to decide, it was for history to

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